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Rockwall ISD board canvasses election; Proposition A declared carried, sets $1.0669 tax rate
Summary
At its Nov. 17 meeting the Rockwall ISD Board of Trustees canvassed returns from the Nov. 4 voter-approval tax-rate election and adopted a resolution declaring Proposition A carried, setting a combined ad valorem tax rate of $1.0669 per $100 and reporting county-by-county vote totals.
The Rockwall Independent School District Board of Trustees on Nov. 17 formally canvassed the returns of the Nov. 4 voter-approval tax-rate election and adopted a resolution declaring Proposition A carried. The resolution, read into the public record, sets a combined ad valorem tax rate of $1.0669 per $100 of taxable assessed valuation for the current year if approved by the electorate.
Stan Britton, the board secretary, read the resolution and summarized the returns the district received from county election officials. The board’s record shows the election totals reported in the resolution: Rockwall County — 10,869 votes for, 9,229 votes against; Collin County — 0 for, 1 against; Kaufman County — 198 for, 174 against. The resolution states that passage of Proposition A will produce a 19.2% increase in maintenance-and-operations tax revenue for the district, an additional $20,412,091 compared with the prior year, and estimates a $12,279,501 decrease in interest-and-sinking (debt service) tax revenue for the current unit compared with the preceding year.
The resolution recited statutory and procedural findings required by state law — including notice and appointment of election officers — and declares the election was held in accordance with applicable provisions of the Texas Education Code and other laws. The board’s action on Nov. 17 records that the canvass and declaration were adopted at that meeting and the resolution notes the filing and effective dates included in the resolution text.
Because the board was acting to canvass the returns and not to set a permanent budget in that moment, the resolution primarily records the official vote returns and the legal findings required to declare the result. The board did not amend the resolution language during the meeting and moved on to subsequent agenda items after the reading.
What happens next: the district will implement tax-rate actions in accordance with state law and the established timelines described in the resolution; administrative staff will carry out required filings and notifications as required by statute.
