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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 20-049ORDINANCE NO. 20-049 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE TAX ROLL FOR THE CITY OF BEAUMONT; ESTABLISHING A TAX RATE; PROVIDING FOR LEVYING, ASSESSING AND COLLECTING OF AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE TAX YEAR 2020 (FY 2021); PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL. WHEREAS, the Jefferson County Appraisal District has furnished to the City of Beaumont the certified tax roll for the City of Beaumont as of July 22, 2020 to be $7,883,980,459.00; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the tax roll submitted by the Jefferson County Appraisal District should be accepted and that a tax rate in the amount of $0.71 per each $100 of value for the tax year 2020 (FY 2021) should be established based upon said roll; and, WHEREAS, THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE; AND WHEREAS, THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 2.8 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $20; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Ccr4inn I THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby, in all things, approved and adopted. Section 2. That the tax roll submitted to the City Council by the Jefferson County Appraisal District, a summary of which is attached as Exhibit "A", and showing the total net taxable assessed value of all property within the City to be $7,883,980,459.00 is hereby approved and accepted by the City of Beaumont. Section 3. That there shall be and is hereby levied and shall be assessed and collected for the tax year 2020 (FY 2021), for municipal purposes only, an ad valorem tax rate of $0.71 on each $100 worth of property value located within the city limits of the City of Beaumont made taxable by law, which said taxes, when collected, shall be for the purposes hereinafter set forth as follows: General Fund $0.506837/$100 Debt Service Fund $0.203163/$100 Section 4. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 22nd day of September, 2020.