CITY OF GUNTER, TEXAS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice of 2019 Tax Year Proposed Tax Rate for the City of Gunter, Texas A tax rate of $0.615 per $100 valuation has been proposed for adoption by the governing body of the City of Gunter. This rate exceeds the lower of the effective or rollback tax rate, and state law requires that two public hearings be held by the governing body before adopting the proposed tax rate. The governing body of the City of Gunter proposes to use revenue attributable to the tax rate increase for the purpose of payment of debt and operations and maintenance of the City.
PROPOSED TAX RATE
$0.615 per $100
PRECEDING YEAR’S TAX RATE
$0.61 per $100
EFFECTIVE TAX RATE
$0.552973 per $100
ROLLBACK TAX RATE
$0.619968 per $100
Public hearings will be held by the Gunter Planning and Zoning Commission at 7:00pm on August 8, 2019, and the Gunter City Council at 6:00pm on August 22, 2019, at the Gunter Public Safety Building, 105 N. 4th Street, Gunter, Texas 75058. The purpose of the hearings is to consider a petition to zone the following property as M-2 Manufacturing/ Industrial District – Heavy. 10.25 acres in the Samuel I. Pettus Survey, A-0939, Grayson CAD ID 131670. Any member of the public has the right to appear at the hearings and present evidence for or against the proposed zoning request. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearings by mail at PO Box 349, Gunter, Texas 75058 or by personal delivery at Gunter City Hall, 105 N. 4th Street, Gunter, Texas 75058.
The effective tax rate is the total tax rate needed to raise the same amount of property tax revenue for the City of Gunter from the same properties in both the 2018 tax year and the 2019 tax year. The rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate that the City of Gunter may adopt before voters are entitled to petition for an election to limit the rate that may be approved to the rollback rate. YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE ABOVE RATES CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:
CITY OF GUNTER, TEXAS
Property tax amount = (rate) x (taxable value of your property) / 100
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
For assistance or detailed information about tax calculations, please contact: Mr. Bruce Stidham Grayson County Tax Assessor – Collector 100 W. Houston, Sherman, TX 75090 / PO Box 2107, Sherman, TX 75091 903-892-8297 stidhamb@co.grayson.tx.us www.co.grayson.tx.us You are urged to attend and express your views at the following public hearings on the proposed tax rate: FIRST HEARING: August 15, 2019 at 6:00pm at the Gunter Fire Department Training Room, 104 North 4th Street, Gunter, Texas 75058 SECOND HEARING: September 12, 2019 at 6:00pm at the Gunter Fire Department Training Room, 104 North 4th Street, Gunter, Texas 75058
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The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Gunter, Texas will hold a public hearing on Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 7:00pm and the City Council of the City of Gunter, Texas will hold a public hearing on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 6:00pm at the Fire Department Training Room, 104 N. 4th Street, Gunter, Texas to consider testimony and act upon the following: An ordinance amending the Gunter Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Regulation Ordinance and Building Codes to cause said ordinances to be in compliance with House Bill 2439, House Bill 3167 and House Bill 2497, which bills take effect on September 1, 2019. You may attend the meetings and make comments for or against the requested item. You may also send written comments before the date of the meetings to the City of Gunter, 104 N. 4th Street, Gunter, Texas 75078.