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Pampa staff warns voter-approval comparison could make proposed tax rate look like an increase
Summary
City staff member Theresa told commissioners the proposed voter-approval rate will be shown against the 'no new revenue' rate, which can make it appear taxes are rising even when the actual adopted rate falls; she provided figures on certified values, senior freezes and estimated collections.
Theresa, a city staff member, told the commission that comparing the proposed voter-approval rate to the statutory no-new-revenue rate will make the proposal look like a tax increase even if the city's actual tax rate falls.
She explained that the proposed voter-approval rate (the VAR with unused increment) is 0.703304 and that comparisons against the no-new-revenue baseline can create public confusion: "it's going to show that there was an an increase in tax rate even though our actual tax rate is going down," Theresa said, and offered to provide a numeric breakdown for commissioners to use in citizen questions.
Why this matters: the way proposed rates are…
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