Notice of Meeting to Vote on Tax RateNOTICE OF MEETING TO VOTE ON TAX RATE
A tax rate of $0.5121 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of City of Schertz.
PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.5121 per $100 NO-NEW-REVENUE
TAX RATE $0.5146 per $100
VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.5242 per $100
The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2021 tax year that will raise the same amount of
property tax revenue for the City of Schertz from the same properties in both the 2020 tax year and the 2021 tax year.
The voter-approval rate is the highest tax rate that the City
of Schertz may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate.
The proposed tax rate is not greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that the City
of Schertz is not proposing to increase property taxes for the 2021 tax year.
A PUBLIC MEETING TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 AND SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
AT 6:00 PM AT THE SCHERTZ COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
The proposed tax rate is not greater than the voter-approval tax rate. As a result, the City of Schertz is not required to hold an election
at which voters may accept or reject the proposed tax rate. However, you may express your support for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the members of the City Council
of the City of Schertz at their offices or by attending the public meeting mentioned above.
YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE TAX RATES CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:
property tax amount=
(tax rate) x (taxable value of your property)/100
FOR the proposal: Mark Davis, Rosemary Scott, Jill Whittaker, Michael Dahle, David Scagliola, Allison Heyward, and Tim Brown
AGAINST
the proposal: N/A
The 86th Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the growth of property taxes in the state.
The following table
compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by the City of Schertz last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by the City of Schertz
this year.
2020
2021
Change
Total tax rate (per $100 of value)
$0.5121
$0.5121
0.5% decrease
Average homestead taxable value
$244,465
$262,539
7.4% increase
Tax on
average homestead
$1,252
$1,344
Increase of $52 or 4.3%
Total tax levy on all properties
$20,171,715
$20,832,278
Increase of $817,131, or 4.3%
For assistance with tax calculations,
please contact the tax assessor for the City of Schertz at 830-303-8850 or daryl.john@co.guadalupe.tx.us, or visit www.co.guadalupe.tx.us for more information.