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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 $38.88. Ordinance 08-20-23 Levying a Property Tax Rate Page 1 of 2 SECTION 4. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section. SECTION 5. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision found in The Code of Ordinances, Section 1.109 General Penalty for Violations of Code. SECTION 6. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide. SECTION 7. The City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas met in a public meeting on August 21, 2023, and adopted this ordinance with a majority vote as follows: Council Member Marissa Barrett Council Member Gary Bilyeu Council Member Dennis Dillon Council Member Allen Chick Council Member Victor Gann AYE ✓ NAY AYE ✓ NAY AYE ✓ NAY _ AYE ✓ NAY ABSTAIN ABSTAI N ABSTAIN I.: ABSTAIN ABSENT ABSENT ABSENT ABSENT PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas on this 21 St day of August 2023. ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED: Thomas E. Muir, Mayor APPROVED TO FORM: Coleman, City Attorney Ordinance 08-20-23 Levying a Property Tax Rate Page 2 of 2 ORD 08-20-23 - Page 1 of 1 [def:$signername|printname|req|signer1] [def:$signersig|sig|req|signer1] [def:$notarysig|sig|req|notary] [def:$date|date|req|notary] [def:$state|state|req|notary] [def:$county|county|req|notary] [def:$disclosure|disclosure|req|notary] [def:$seal|seal|req|notary]Denton Record-Chronicle 3555 Duchess Drive (940) 387-7755 I, Bailee Liston, of lawful age, being duly sworn upon oath depose and say that I am an agent of Column Software, PBC, duly appointed and authorized agent of the Publisher of Denton Record-Chronicle, a publication that is a "legal newspaper" as that phrase is defined for the city of Denton, for the County of Denton, in the state of Texas, that this affidavit is Page 1 of 1 with the full text of the sworn-to notice set forth on the pages that follow, and that the attachment hereto contains the correct copy of what was published in said legal newspaper in consecutive issues on the following dates: PUBLICATION DATES: 2 Sep 2023 4 Sep 2023 Notice ID: 5W4uLrfWmpY6XCghZH4N Notice Name: ORD 08-20-23 PUBLICATION FEE: $59.12 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 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