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Board approves tax refunds and hears proposed 2024 tax levy of $7.157 million
Summary
Trustees approved six tax refunds totaling several thousand dollars and heard a proposed 2024 tax levy (real estate $6,430,749; mineral $726,634; total $7,157,383). Motion details for refunds were recorded as carried 6–0; the transcript records a motion to approve the levy but does not include the second or explicit vote text in the provided segments.
At its Oct. 21 meeting, the Gladewater ISD board approved tax refunds for six property owners after staff explained the refunds were due to homestead and over‑65 exemptions applied by appraisal districts. Trustee Rickie Blackmon moved to approve the refunds and Trustee Cori Arevalo seconded; "The motion carried 6-0," the minutes state. Refund amounts ranged from $1,111.47 to $9,245.86.
CFO Candy Keller also presented the proposed 2024 mineral and real estate tax levy and asked trustees to approve a levy totaling $7,157,383 (real estate $6,430,749; mineral $726,634). The transcript records a motion to approve the levy moved by Trustee Garth Cockerell but does not record the second or an explicit vote in the cited segments. The board took several other finance-related votes that evening, and later motions recorded in the minutes generally carried 6–0.
