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Pecos City council adopts proposed de minimis property tax rate of 0.44259
Summary
At a special Aug. 11 meeting, the Pecos City Council approved the 2025 tax-rate calculation and set a proposed de minimis rate of 0.44259; staff said the rate is built into the draft budget and would raise about $6.3 million in property tax revenue, with a public hearing set for Aug. 19.
Pecos City council members at a special meeting on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, voted to approve the 2025 property tax rate calculation and set a proposed de minimis property tax rate of 0.44259 per $100 of assessed valuation. The council made the motion and recorded a voice vote to adopt the calculation and proposed rate as the basis for the city’s draft 2025 budget.
The proposed rate is the de minimis rate allowable for Texas cities with populations under 30,000 and exceeds the no-new-revenue and voter-approval rates calculated for Pecos this year. Assistant City Manager Heather Ramirez, who presented the tax calculation worksheet provided by the Texas Comptroller’s office, said the de minimis rate was the figure included in the city’s working budget.
Why it matters: the tax-rate choice determines how much property-tax revenue the city can…
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