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Laredo ISD approves certified tax roll, certifies 100% collection rate and adopts 2025 proposed tax rate
Summary
At a Sept. 18 special call meeting, the Laredo Independent School District board approved the certified appraisal roll, accepted a tax-collections certification of an anticipated 100% collection rate for FY 2025–26 and adopted a proposed 2025 tax rate totaling 1.1568 per $100 valuation.
The Laredo Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the appraisal roll certified by the Webb County chief appraiser, accepted a 100% anticipated tax-collection rate for fiscal year 2025–26 and adopted a proposed tax rate for tax year 2025 at a Sept. 18 special-call meeting in the Amber Urie Boardroom.
Jorge Gutierrez, the district's tax assessor-collector, presented the appraisal roll and related figures to trustees. He said the certified total taxable value in the roll is $3,010,167,987 across 28,250 accounts and that the total taxable value of new property is $18,300,963. Gutierrez told the board he had added an extra column for accounts still under review at the time the chief appraiser certified values.
Gutierrez then certified the district's anticipated collection rate. "I, Jorge Gutierrez, tax assessor collector for Laredo Independent School District, do hereby certify an anticipated collection rate of 100% for the fiscal year 2025–2026," he said. Trustees approved that certification by voice vote.
The board next considered a resolution setting the district's proposed tax rate for 2025. The resolution states a maintenance and operations (M&O) rate of 0.06669 per $100 valuation, and a total tax rate of 1.1568 per $100. The resolution text included the district's conclusion that the proposed M&O rate will raise less maintenance-and-operations tax revenue than last year. Trustees adopted the resolution by voice vote.
Why it matters: Adopting the certified roll and the proposed rate allows the district to publish required notices and proceed through the tax-rate adoption process. The certified taxable values determine potential revenue and the adopted proposed rate frames the public notice and subsequent public hearings required before a final tax-rate adoption.
The board's approvals were taken by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript.
Looking ahead: Trustees approved the administrative request that Jorge Gutierrez be authorized to assess and collect Laredo ISD property taxes for the tax year 2025 as described in the resolution.
