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Forney Council schedules extra meeting, debates proposed 2025 tax rate as budget deadlines loom
Summary
Council reviewed certified property values and tax-rate calculations, set an extra meeting for Aug. 26 to adopt a proposed tax rate, and staff said the budget will be submitted by Aug. 15 with public hearings set for September.
The Forney City Council on Tuesday reviewed newly certified property values and tax-rate calculations, and voted to schedule a special meeting for Tuesday, Aug. 26, to set the proposed tax rate for the fiscal year 2025–26 budget.
Finance staff told the council the Kaufman County Tax Office certified no-new-revenue and voter-approval rates of 0.421431 and 0.448545, respectively, and staff prepared a budget using a 0.43 rate. Staff also said the appraisal district certified a 4.5% increase in total taxable value, reporting an increase of $255,000,000; staff said $325,000,000 of that figure was attributable to new construction and that existing values…
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