19-R-98 - authorizing a preliminary maximum tax rate for FY 2019-20 at $0.5146RESOLUTION NO. 19 -R -98
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING A PRELIMINARY MAXIMUM TAX
RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 -20, AND OTHER MATTERS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the City staff of the City of Schertz (the "City ") has recommended that the
City Council approve a preliminary maximum tax rate for Fiscal Year 2019 -20; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to
establish a preliminary maximum tax rate.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
THAT:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes a preliminary maximum tax rate of
$.5146 per $100 valuation which is composed of the Maintenance & Operation Tax Rate of
$0.3496 and the Interest & Sinking Tax Rate of $0.1650.
Section 2. The public hearings on the budget and tax rate will be held on August 27th
and September 3rd, 2019.
Section 3. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 4. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 5. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 6. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application
of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
Section 7. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Section 8. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final
passage, and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 13th day of August, 2019.
ATTEST:
50506221.1
CITY OFA:RTZ, TEXAS
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, Michael R. Carpenter