Midlothian ISD board adopts 2024 tax rate, approves $1.0769 total rate

The Midlothian Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 6-1 to adopt the 2024 total property tax rate at a special meeting on Nov. 18, 2024. Trustee Tami Tobey moved that the property tax rate be set at $1.0769 and Trustee Jessica Ward seconded; Trustees Gary Vineyard, Tami Tobey, Jessica Ward, Richard Peña, Ryan Timm and Mike Dillow voted in favor and Trustee Ed Harrison voted against the motion.

The motion as recorded in the minutes states that the adopted total tax rate of $1.0769 is "effectively a 6.94% increase in the total tax rate when compared to the 'no new revenues' tax rate." The minutes do not record additional staff commentary or a detailed breakdown of how the increase will affect individual taxpayers or the district budget; the board approved the rate at the meeting, which recessed and adjourned within three minutes of convening.

Because the minutes also include a separate resolution that references an ad valorem tax-rate figure of $1.1069 and an M&O revenue increase of $7,750,999 as part of the election documentation, readers should note the two distinct figures appear in the minutes for different items: the canvass resolution text references $1.1069 in the election documentation (see canvass action), while the board’s separate motion adopted a total tax rate of $1.0769 during the Nov. 18 meeting. The minutes do not contain a line-by-line explanation reconciling those specific figures. The meeting record does not show a subsequent vote to change or rescind the adopted rate; the board adjourned at 8:03 a.m.