Public Notices (3): • Public Hearing on 2024-2025 proposed Budget for City of Willow Park, 10 Sept. 2024, 6P • Public Hearing on property tax rate increase for City of Willow Park, 10 Sept. 2024, 6P • Increase in water fees and wastewater fees
Latest Update: 30 August 2024
Willow Park Public Notices for week ending Friday, 30 August 2024
The 30 August 2024 The Community News published three (3) Public Notices for the City of Willow Park.
• 1 Public Hearing and Meeting on 2024-2025 proposed Budget
• 2 Public Hearing and Meeting on property tax rate increase for City of Willow Park
• 3 Increase in water fees and wastewater fees
• 1 Public Hearing and Meeting on 2024-2025 proposed Budget
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON
PROPOSED 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF WILLOW PARK
The City of Willow Park City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2024-2025 fiscal year budget at a City Council meeting at 6:00 p.m. on September 10, 2024, in the Willow Park City Hall, Council Chambers, 120 El Chico TrI., Suite A, Willow Park, Texas.
This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget by $199,171 or 10.49% and of that amount $50,730 is tax revenue from new property added to the tax roll this year. The public is encouraged to review the City's proposed budget on the City of Willow Park website at www.willowparktx.gov or view a paper copy of the budget in the City Secretary's office.
The public may comment by providing written comments either through the mail at the following address: 120 El Chico TrI., Suite A, Willow Park, Texas 76087, or by email at cdozier@willowpark.org.
Any written comments received by the City on or prior to 6:00 p.m.
on the day of the public hearing will be included with information provided to the City Council for their consideration.
Members of the public are encouraged to provide input through any means available and/or to participate in the public hearing in person.
Crystal Dozier
City Secretary
City of Willow Park
• 2 Public Hearing and Meeting on property tax rate increase for City of Willow Park
PUBLIC MEETING AND HEARING ON THE TAX RATE
A tax rate of $0.432546 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of CITY OF WILLOW PARK.
• PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.432546 per $100
• NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE $0.375858 per $100
• VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.461084 per $100
The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2024 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for CITY OF WILLOW PARK from the same properties in both the 2023 tax year and the 2024 tax year.
The voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate that CITY OF WILLOW PARK may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that CITY OF WILLOW PARK is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2024 tax year.
A PUBLIC [HEARING] ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON September 10, 2024 AT 6:00 AT Willow Park City Hall, 120 El Chico Trail, Suite A, Willow Park, TX 76087.
The proposed tax rate is also not greater than the voter-approval tax rate. As a result, CITY OF WILLOW PARK is not required to hold an election at which voters may accept or reject the proposed tax rate. However, you may express your support for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the members of the Willow Park City Council of CITY OF WILLOW PARK at their offices or by attending the public mentioned above. YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:
Property tax amount = (tax rate) x (taxable value of your property)/100
FOR the proposal: Lea Young Eric Contreras Greg Runnebaum Nate Crummel
AGAINST the proposal: [none]
PRESENT Lea Young Eric Contreras Greg Runnebaum Nate Crummel
ABSENT: Mayor Doyle Moss, Councilman Chawn Gilliland
Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.
The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state.
The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by CITY OF WILLOW PARK last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by CITY OF WILLOW PARK this year.
For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for CITY OF WILLOW PARK at 817- 596-0077 or parkercad@parkercad org, or visit www.texas.gov/property taxes for more information
• 3 Increase in water fees and wastewater fees
ORDINANCE NO. 909-24
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WILLOW PARK, TEXAS, ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE FEE AND RATE SCHEDULE FOR THE FOLLOWING ENTERPRISE FUND UTILITY RATES/SERVICES/CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-25, INCLUDING WATER IMPACT FEES, WATER TAP FEES, WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES, WASTEWATER TAP FEES, DRAINAGE IMPACT FEES, UTILITY DEPOSITS/FEES, WATER BASE RATES, WATER VOLUMETRIC CHARGES, WASTEWATER RATES, SOLID WASTE RATES, ADDITIONAL UTILITY SERVICES CHARGES, AND WATER METER COSTS; AMENDING VARIOUS CITY ORDINANCES; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS DAY 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2024.
CRYSTAL R. DOZIER, TRMC, CMC
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF WILLOW PARK
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