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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-25-25-Ordinance-Levying the Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 2025-2026-09/02/2025 CITY OF SANGER,TEXAS ORDINANCE No 09-25-25 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER,DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS,LEVYING A TAX RATE FOR THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025- 2026 AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS,the City of Sanger(the"City")is a home rule municipality regulated by state law and Charter, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Sanger finds that a tax rate of$0 689747 per $100 valuation for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026, hereinafter levied for current expenses of the City and general improvements of the City and its property, must be levied to provide the revenue requirements of the budget for the ensuing year, and WHEREAS, all statutory and constitutional requirements for the levy and assessment of ad valorem taxes have been completed in due and correct time and all requirements of the Sanger Charter have been met, and WHEREAS,the City Council finds that the passage of this Ordinance is m the best interest of the citizens of Sanger NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS SECTION 1 That the City Council does hereby levy and adopt the tax rate on $100 assessed valuation for the City for maintenance and operation of the City government for the tax year 2025-2026 as follows $0 573485/$100 SECTION 2 That the City Council does hereby levy and adopt the tax rate on $100 assessed valuation for the City for debt service for City government for the tax year 2025-2026 as follows $0 116262/$100 SECTION 3 That, because the total amount of revenue generated from taxes to fund maintenance and operations will be greater than last year and because the tax rate exceeds the effective maintenance and operations rate, the following statements are made as required by Section 26 05 of the Texas Tax Code THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 3 27 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $18 17 Ordinance 09-25-25 Levying a Property Tax Rate Page 1 of 2 SECTION 4. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance,since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional word,phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section. SECTION 5. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision found in The Code of Ordinances, Section 1.109 General Penalty for Violations of Code. SECTION 6. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide. SECTION 7. The City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas met in a public meeting on September 2, 2025, and adopted this ordinance with a majority vote as follows: Council Member Marissa Barrett AYE V NAY ABSTAIN ABSENT Council Member Gary Bilyeu AYE NAY ABSTAIN ABSENT Council Member Josh Burrus AYE t/ NAY ABSTAIN ABSENT Council Member Allen Chick AYE ✓NAY ABSTAIN ABSENT Council Member Victor Gann AYE tr NAY ABSTAIN ABSENT PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas on this 2nd day of September 2025. APPROVED: /tl.Uk..— ATTEST: Thomas E. 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