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Marble Falls ISD board adopts 0.912200 tax rate, calls Nov. 5 VATRE
Summary
The Marble Falls ISD Board adopted a 2024–25 total tax rate of 0.912200 (a 1.73% increase) and approved an order calling a voter‑approval tax‑rate election for Nov. 5, 2024. The board voted 6–0 with one absence on both actions.
The Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees on Aug. 19 adopted a total tax rate of 0.912200 for the 2024–25 school year, recorded in the minutes as a 1.73% increase from the prior year. Chief Financial Officer Bill Orr told trustees the recommended rate "will require the Board of Trustees to order a Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election."
On subsequent motion, the board approved an order calling a voter‑approval tax‑rate election to be held on November 5, 2024. Trustee Alex Payson moved the order and Trustee Kevin Virdell seconded; the minutes record the vote as For: 6, Against: 0, Absent: 1. The transcript contains a typographical year error when listing the election date; this article reports the corrected year (2024).
Why it matters: adopting the rate triggered the formal step of placing the tax question before voters. The board's recorded vote and the election date set the timetable for public notice and required election procedures under Texas law. Bill Orr presented the financial recommendation and trustees followed with the motion to adopt the rate and call the election.
