Temple College will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 4.37%. Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

The first public hearing will be held August 15, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. in the Louise L. Cox Board Room, Nigliazzo Administration Bldg. Room 916, 2600 S. 1st Street, Temple, TX.

The second public hearing will be held August 22, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. in the Louise L. Cox Board Room, Nigliazzo Administration Bldg. Room 916, 2600 S. 1st Street, Temple, TX.

The members of the governing body who voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase are as follows:

FOR:     J. Harry Adams, Andrejs Avots-Avotins, Bob Browder, Katie Burrows, Stephen H. Niemeier, Larry Wilkerson

AGAINST: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: Alejandro C. Arroliga, John R. Bailey, Lydia Santibanez

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in the Temple College taxing district last year was $116,646. Based on last year’s tax rate of $0.19795 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home was $230.90.

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in the TEMPLE COLLEGE taxing district this year is $125,070. If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.18070 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $226.00.

If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.18860 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $235.88.

Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.

* “Appraised value” is the amount shown on the appraisal roll and defined by Section 1.04(8), Tax Code.

** “New property” is defined by Section 26.012(17), Tax Code.

*** “Taxable value” is defined by Section 1.04(10), Tax Code.