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PUBLIC HEARING
A tax rate of $0.901224 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of CITY OF SWEENY.
PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.901224 per $100
NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE $0.623281 per $100
VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.740596 per $100
DE MINIMIS RATE $0.907397 per $100
The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2025 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for CITY OF SWEENY from the same properties in both the 2024 tax year and the 2025 tax year.
The voter-approval rate is the highest tax rate that CITY OF SWEENY may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate, unless the de minimis rate for CITY OF SWEENY exceeds the voter-approval rate for CITY OF SWEENY.
The de minimis rate is the rate equal to the sum of the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate for CITY OF SWEENY, the rate that will raise $500,000, and the current debt rate for CITY OF SWEENY.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that CITY OF SWEENY is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2025 tax year.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON August 26, 2025 AT 5:00PM AT Sweeny City Hall, 102 W. Ashley Wilson Road, Sweeny, Texas 77480.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the voter-approval tax rate but not greater than the de minimis rate. However, the proposed tax rate exceeds the rate that allows voters to petition for an election under Section 26.075, Tax Code. If CITY OF SWEENY adopts the proposed tax rate, the qualified voters of the CITY OF SWEENY may petition the CITY OF SWEENY to require an election to be held to determine whether to reduce the proposed tax rate. If a majority of the voters reject the proposed tax rate, the tax rate of the CITY OF SWEENY will be the voter-approval tax rate of the CITY OF SWEENY.YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:
Property tax amount= (tax rate) x (taxable value of your property)/100
FOR the proposal: Neal Bess Jr., Reese C. Cook, Brian Brooks, Sandra Blaine, Caniel "Shaun" Massey
AGAINST the proposal: None
PRESENT and not voting: Mayor Dusty Hopkins
ABSENT: None
Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.
The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state.
The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by CITY OF SWEENY last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by CITY OF SWEENY this year.
2024 2025 Change
Total tax rate (per $100 of value) $0.635481 $0.901224 increase of 0.265743 per $100, or 41.82%
Average homestead taxable value $164,938 $172,315 increase of 4.47%
Tax on average homestead $1,048.15 $1,552.94 increase of 504.79, or 48.16%
Total tax levy on all properties $1,672,858 $2,422,623 increase of 749,765, or 44.82%
Visit Texas.gov/property taxes to find a link to your local property tax database where you can easily access information regarding property taxes, including information on the amount of taxes for each entity imposing taxes on your property. This would be the proposed tax rate for each entity. The local property tax database will be updated regularly during August and September as local elected officials propose and adopt the property tax rates that will determine how much you pay for property taxes.
THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.
THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 32.78 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY $170.53.
REGULAR AGENDA
ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST
ADJOURN REGULAR SESSION
I certify that the notice and agenda of items to be considered by the Sweeny City Council on August 26, 2025 was posted on the City Hall bulletin board on the _______ day of ___________, 2025, at approximately _______AM / PM.
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Kaydi Smith, City Secretary
I hereby certify that this Public Notice was removed from the City Hall bulletin board on the _____day of _____________, 2025 at approximately __________AM / PM.
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Kaydi Smith, City Secretary