City of Houston to increase total tax revenues
Well, this one flew under our radar: at the end of October, the city held two public input meetings regarding a property tax increase a proposal to increase total tax revenues (see forum for correction):
The City of Houston will hold a public hearing on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 2.45 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code).
The public notice continues on with much more information, including which councilmembers are for it and which are against it. Only Shelley Sekula-Gibbs and Addie Wiseman oppose the increase.
There is a second notice posted on the city's website that says the vote on the tax rate increase will occur on Wednesday, November 8th at 9 a.m. -- when most folks are at work. Of course, both public input meetings were held on weekday mornings as well.
PREVIOUSLY: City, METRO are enjoying sales tax windfall, Houston's sales tax revenue up almost 20%, Houston has a surplus and Mayor White doesn't want to share it
UPDATE: I have edited this post to reflect a correction in the forum.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 11/02/06 04:56 PM | Print |
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