08-20-23-Ordinance-Levying the Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 2023-2024-08/21/2023CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE No. 08-20-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, LEVYING
A TAX RATE FOR THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-
2024 AND PROVIDING FOR 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 2023-2024, 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 in 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 2032- 2024 as follows:
$0.560957/$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 2022-2023 as
follows:
$0.128790/$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 7.45 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES
FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $1001000 HOME BY
APPROXIMATELY $38.88.
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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
August 21, 2023, and adopted this ordinance with a majority vote as follows:
Council Member Marissa Barrett
Council Member Gary Bilyeu
Council Member Dennis Dillon
Council Member Allen Chick
Council Member Victor Gann
AYE ✓ NAY
AYE ✓ NAY
AYE ✓ NAY _
AYE ✓ NAY
ABSTAIN
ABSTAI
N
ABSTAIN
I.:
ABSTAIN
ABSENT
ABSENT
ABSENT
ABSENT
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas on this 21 St
day of August 2023.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
Thomas E. Muir, Mayor
APPROVED TO FORM:
Coleman, City Attorney
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