By JIM HARDIN
CNHI
Rockwall County —
The City of Fate will hold public hearings Monday and Sept. 7 on a proposal to increase property tax revenue by 13.2 percent.
Both public hearings will be held at the Fate Community Center, beginning at 7 p.m.
The proposal calls for the city’s tax rate to increase from 21.44 cents per $100 of taxable value to 24.69 cents.
The proposed rate would result in the owner of a residence with an average taxable value paying $54 more for the year.
With the proposed rate, the owner of a home with a taxable value of $174,862 — the average taxable value of a residence in Fate — would receive a tax bill of $431. By using the current tax rate, the owner of house with a taxable value of $176,252 — the average taxable value of residence the last tax year — would pay $377.
The effective tax rate — a calculated rate that would provide the city with the same amount of revenue it received in the year before on properties taxed in both years — is 21.69 cents per $100 of taxable value. With the effective tax rate, the tax bill on the average home would be $378.
The city has a proposed balanced budget of $2.6 million for operations.
The water and sewer fund would require some rate adjustments, however. The water budget is $1.7 million and the sewer budget is $1.1 million
The volume rate for water would decrease by 3 cents. The base fee, however, would increase by $1.
The average water customer who uses 5,500 gallons per month would see a monthly bill increase by 33 cents — from $35.80 to $36.13.
Sewer rates would increase from $1.96 to $2.40 per 1,000 gallons used. The base also would increase by $1.
The average monthly sewer bill would increase from $34.45 per 1,000 gallons used to $38.96
