Jersey Village Council receives district budgets, postpones final municipal vote and sets maximum tax-rate notice

The Jersey Village City Council on July 21 received adopted budgets from the city’s Crime Control & Prevention District and its Fire Control, Prevention and Emergency Medical Services District and voted to postpone the final municipal budget vote until Aug. 18 to await updated appraisal-district numbers. The council also approved a published notice that the city’s proposed maximum ad valorem tax rate will not exceed 0.89.

City Manager Austin Blais told the council the district boards submitted their adopted budgets as required by state law and that no formal motion was necessary to receive them; Council later took separate action to postpone the final municipal budget vote until the Aug. 18 meeting so members would have updated property-value numbers before setting a tax rate. Blais said the postponement also gives residents extra time to review the budget that was released July 3 and provide feedback to council representatives.

The fire…