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Glenn Heights council adopts 0.562795 tax rate; council asks staff to clarify messaging to residents

5776420 · September 9, 2025
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Summary

Council voted 6-0 to adopt an ad valorem tax rate of $0.562795 per $100 assessed value for fiscal 2025–26 and directed staff to publish explanatory materials because rising property valuations — not a rate increase — are causing higher tax bills for some homeowners.

The Glenn Heights City Council on second reading adopted an ordinance setting the 2025 ad valorem tax rate at $0.562795 per $100 of assessed valuation, a recorded 6–0 vote.

City Manager Clifford Blackwell presented the proposed tax rate and noted the ordinance represents the second reading. Blackwell and council members discussed that, though the rate itself was not…

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