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Orange council approves maximum 0.88 tax rate, acknowledges FY26 budget materials
Summary
The Orange City Council on Aug. 12 voted to adopt a tax rate of 0.88 and acknowledged receipt of the proposed fiscal 2026 budget and related tax reports after staff presentations on taxable values and collection projections.
Orange — The Orange City Council voted Aug. 12 to adopt a property tax rate of 0.88 and acknowledged receipt of the city's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget, the 2025 certified appraised values from the Orange County Appraisal District and related tax-rate worksheets.
The vote followed a presentation by Miss Zito, a finance staff member, who explained the tax assessor-collector's anticipated collection rate and how shifts in taxable values affect the city's calculated rates. "The tax assessor collector's anticipated collection rate, which is 99.87," Zito said, and staff presented…
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