08/14/2023-CC-Agenda Packet-SpecialCITY COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
AUGUST 14, 2023, 6:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
HISTORIC CHURCH BUILDING - 403 N 7TH STREET, SANGER, TEXAS
CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE
CITIZENS COMMENTS
This is an opportunity for citizens to address the Council on any matter. Comments related to
public hearings will be heard when the specific hearing begins. Citizens are allowed 3 minutes
to speak. Each speaker must complete the Speaker’s Form and include the topic(s) to be
presented. Citizens who wish to address the Council with regard to matters on the agenda will
be received at the time the item is considered. The Council is not allowed to converse,
deliberate or take action on any matter presented during citizen input.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
1. Conduct a public hearing for the City of Sanger’s Annual Budget for the fiscal year
2023-2024.
2. Conduct a public hearing for the City of Sanger’s proposed property tax rate.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
The purpose of this item is to allow the Mayor and Councilmembers to bring forward items they
wish to discuss at a future meeting, A Councilmember may inquire about a subject for which
notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of
existing policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject
on an agenda for a subsequent meeting. Items may be placed on a future meeting agenda with
a consensus of the Council or at the call of the Mayor.
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ADJOURN
NOTE: The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into Executive Session as authorized by
Texas Government Code, Section 551.001, et seq. (The Texas Open Meetings Act) on any item
on its open meeting agenda in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, including,
without limitation Sections 551.071-551.087 of the Texas Open Meetings Act.
CERTIFICATION
I certify that a copy of this meeting notice was posted on the bulletin board at City Hall that is
readily accessible to the general public at all times and was posted on the City of Sanger
website on August 10, 2023, at 10:00 AM.
/s/Kelly Edwards
Kelly Edwards, City Secretary
The Historical Church is wheelchair accessible. Request for additional accommodations or sign
interpretation or other special assistance for disabled attendees must be requested 48 hours
prior to the meeting by contacting the City Secretary’s Office at 940.458.7930.
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CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
DATE: August 14, 2023
FROM: Clayton Gray, Finance Director
AGENDA ITEM: Conduct a public hearing for the City of Sanger’s Annual Budget for the fiscal
year 2023-2024.
SUMMARY:
Budget workshops open to the public were held during City Council meetings on July 3, 2023, and
July 17, 2023.
The proposed budget has been available for public inspection at the City Secretary’s office and on
the City’s website.
State law and the City Charter require that a public hearing be conducted to allow citizens the
opportunity to provide input on the proposed budget before its adoption.
Notice of a public hearing was published in the Denton Record-Chronicle and posted on the City’s
website
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Budgeted: N/A Amount: N/A GL Account: N/A
RECOMMENDED MOTION OR ACTION:
The City Council must take some sort of action on the budget at the conclusion of the public
hearing.
Staff recommends that the Council vote to postpone a final vote on the budget until Monday,
August 21, 2023. at 7:00 PM at the Historic Church Building at 403 N 7th Street in Sanger, Texas.
ATTACHMENTS:
Notice of public hearing on budget
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Item 1.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE is hereby given that the Sanger City Council will conduct a Public Hearing on
Monday, August 14, 2023 at 6:00 p.m in the Historic Church Building, 403 N 7th Street,
Sanger, Texas.
The purpose of the Public Hearing is to hear citizens’ opinions in favor of or in opposition to the
City of Sanger's proposed 2023-2024 fiscal year budget. This budget will raise more total
property taxes than last year’s budget by $2,347,558 (36%), and of that amount, $443,483 is tax
revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year.
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Item 1.
CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
DATE: August 14, 2023
FROM: Clayton Gray, Finance Director
AGENDA ITEM: Conduct a public hearing for the City of Sanger’s proposed property tax rate.
SUMMARY:
For Fiscal Year 2023-2024, the City is proposing a property tax rate of $0.689747 per $100 of
valuation, which is the De Minimis rate.
The following tax rates were presented to City Council on August 7, 2023
o No-New-Revenue Tax Rate $0.534529 per $100
o Voter-Approval Tax Rate $0.669136 per $100
o De Minimis Tax Rate $0.689747 per $100
The City is required to comply with specific guidelines in adopting tax rates, including conducting a
public hearing.
Notice of a public hearing was published in the Denton Record-Chronicle and posted on the City’s
website.
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Budgeted: N/A Amount: N/A GL Account: N/A
RECOMMENDED MOTION OR ACTION:
Staff recommends that the Council announce that it will vote on the property tax rate at a meeting
on Monday, August 21, 2023, at 7:00 PM at the Historic Church Building at 403 N 7th Street in
Sanger, Texas.
ATTACHMENTS:
Notice of public hearing on the tax rate
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Item 2.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON TAX INCREASE
A tax rate of $0.689747 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of CITY OF
SANGER.
PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.689747 per $100
NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE $0.534529 per $100
VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.669136 per $100
DE MINIMIS RATE $0.689747 per $100
The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2023 tax year that will raise the same amount of property
tax revenue for CITY OF SANGER from the same properties in both the 2022 tax year and the 2023 tax
year.
The voter-approval rate is the highest tax rate that CITY OF SANGER may adopt without holding an
election to seek voter approval of the rate, unless the de minimis rate for CITY OF SANGER exceeds the
voter-approval rate for CITY OF SANGER.
The de minimis rate is the rate equal to the sum of the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate for
CITY OF SANGER, the rate that will raise $500,000, and the current debt rate for CITY OF SANGER.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that CITY OF SANGER is
proposing to increase property taxes for the 2023 tax year.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON August 14, 2023 AT
6:00PM AT Historic Church Building 403 N 7th Street Sanger, TX 76266.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the voter-approval tax rate but not greater than the de minimis rate and
does exceed the rate that allows voters to petition for an election under Section 26.075, Tax Code. If CITY
OF SANGER adopts the proposed tax rate, the CITY OF SANGER is not required to hold an election so
that voters may accept or reject the proposed tax rate and the qualified voters of the CITY OF SANGER
may petition the CITY OF SANGER to require an election to be held to determine whether to reduce the
proposed tax rate. If a majority of the voters reject the proposed tax rate, the tax rate of the CITY
OF SANGER will be the voter-approval tax rate of the CITY OF SANGER.
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
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.
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Item 2.
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 SANGER
last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by CITY OF SANGER
this year.
2022 2023 Change
Total tax rate (per
$100 of value)
$0.589497 $0.689747 increase of 0.100250, or
17.01%
Average homestead
taxable value
$229,412 $256,579 increase of 27,167, or
11.84%
Tax on average
homestead
$1,352.38 $1,769.75 increase of 417.37, or
30.86%
Total tax levy on all
properties
$6,534,590 $8,869,323 increase of 2,334,733, or
35.73%
For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for CITY OF SANGER at 940-458-7930
or finance@sangertexas.org, or visit www.sangertexas.org for more information.
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Item 2.