PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE
This is the 2nd of Two (2) Public Hearings to consider the tax increase. This public hearing will be held on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. at the Webb County Courthouse, Second Floor, 1000 Houston St., Laredo, TX, 78040. You have the right and are encouraged to attend the hearing and make comments if you wish.PUBLIC NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE WEBB COUNTY COURTHOUSE 1000 HOUSTON STREET, 2ND FLOOR LAREDO, TEXAS 78040 Monday, September 8, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m. |
1. | Roll Call by Honorable Margie Ramirez-Ibarra, Webb County Clerk | |||||
2. | Open Public Hearing on Tax Increase (pursuant to Chapter 26, Tax Code) by Honorable Danny Valdez, Webb County Judge. | |||||
3. | Public Hearing on Tax Increase. Last year, the Webb County property tax rate was 0.420055. That rate raised $67,122,546 in revenues, a portion of which was used to fund maintenance and operations such as for road and bridge, law enforcement, judicial functions, count government, health and welfare, recreation and culture, community service, and other sources and uses. This year, Webb County is proposing a property tax rate of 0.414700. That rate will raise $74,695,622 which is $7,573,076 more in revenues than that raised by taxes imposed last year. |
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4. | Announcement of the meeting to vote on adopting the proposed tax rate will be held on Monday, September 22, 2014, at 9:00 a.m., at the Webb County Courthouse, Second Floor, Commissioners Court, 1000 Houston St., Laredo, TX 78040. | |||||
5. | Close Public Hearing | |||||
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The Webb County Commissioners Court hereby reserves the right to go into closed session at any time during this public meeting, if such is requested by the County Attorney or other legal counsel for the County, pursuant to his or her duty under Section 551.071(2) of the Government Code, to consult privately with his or her client on an item on the agenda, or on a matter arising out of such item. |
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DATED THIS ____ DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2014 By: ______________________________
Melinda Mata
Court Administrator
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CERTIFICATION OF NOTICE AND POSTING
I, the undersigned, County Clerk, do hereby certify that the above notice of meeting of the Webb County Commissioners Court, is a true and correct copy of said notice, and that I posted a true and correct copy of said notice on the bulletin board at the Courthouse door of Webb County, Texas, at a place readily accessible to the general public at all times on the___ day of September, 2014 and said notice remained so posted continuously for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting. DATED THIS ____ DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2014 MARGIE RAMIREZ IBARRA, COUNTY CLERK, WEBB COUNTY, TEXAS BY: ______________________________________________
Margie Ramirez-Ibarra, County Clerk
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