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ORDINANCE NO. 23-066
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE RATIFYING THE BUDGETED
PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE FY 2024
BUDGET.
WHEREAS, the proposed FY 2024 budget will raise property taxes by 8.96%;
WHEREAS, the adoption of a budget that will raise more revenue from property
taxes than in the previous year requires a vote separate from and in addition to the vote
to adopt the budget;
NOW THEREFORE, BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
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 property tax increase reflected in the budget which will raise more total
property taxes than last year's budget by $5,645,000.00 be and the same is hereby, by
separate vote, ratified.
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 12th day of
September, 2023.
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Mayor Roy West