NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS
BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE
The Ector Independent School District will hold a Public meeting at 7:00 PM on August 30, 2007 in the CAFETORIUM at 301 S. Main Street, Ector, Texas. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the school district’s budget that will determine the tax rate that will be adopted. Public participation in the discussion is invited.
The tax rate that is ultimately adopted at this meeting or at a separate meeting at a later date may not exceed the proposed rate shown below unless the district publishes a revised notice containing the same information and comparisons set out below and holds a public meeting to discuss the revised notice.
Maintenance Tax $1.0400 /$100 (Proposed rate for maintenance and operations)
School Debt Service Tax
Approved by Local Voters $0.155 /$100 (proposed rate to pay bonded indebtedness)
Comparison of Proposed Budget with Last Year’s Budget
The applicable percentage increase (or difference) in the amount budgeted in the preceding fiscal year and the amount budgeted for the fiscal year that begins during the current tax year is indicated for each of the following expenditure categories:
Maintenance and operation 4.167% Increase
Debt service 1.651% Decrease
Total Expenditures 3.736% Increase
Total Appraised Value and Total Taxable Value
(as calculated under Section 26.04, Tax Code)
Preceding Tax Year Current Tax Year
Total appraised value* of all property $ 75,391,720 $ 80,622,340
Total appraised value* of new property** $ 1,580,560 $ 869,360
Total taxable value*** of all property $ 30,480,302 $ 30,788,263
Total taxable value*** of new property $ 1,551,360 $ 793,820
* “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.o12(17), Tax Code.
*** “Taxable value” is defined by section 1.04(10), Tax Code.
Bonded Indebtedness
Total amount of outstanding and unpaid bonded indebtedness* $4,398,205
* Outstanding principal.
Comparison of Proposed Rates with Last Year’s Rates
Maintenance Interest Local Revenue State Revenue
&Operations & Sinking Fund* Total Per Student Per Student
Last Year’s Rate $ 1,37005 $ 0.13500 $1.50505 $ 1,626 $ 7,815
Rate to Maintain Same $ 1.18003 $ 0.12864 $ 1.30867 $ 1,543 $ 8,128
Level of Maintenance &
Operation Revenue &
Pay Debt Service
Proposed Rate $ 1.04000 $ 0.15500 $ 1.19500 $ 1,327 $ 8,113
*The Interest and Sinking Fund tax revenue is used to pay for bonded indebtedness on construction, equipment or both.
The Bonds, and the tax rate necessary to pay those bonds, were approved by the voters of this district.
Comparison of Proposed Levy With Last Year’s Levy on Average Residence
Last Year This Year
Average Market Value of Residences $61,365 $63,814
Average Taxable Value of Residences $45,608 $48,589
Last Year’s Rate Value Proposed Rate per $100 Value $1.50505 $1.1950
Taxes Due on Average Residence $686.42 $580.63
Increase (Decrease) in Taxes $(105.79)
Under sate law, the dollar amount of school taxes imposed on the residence homestead of a person 65 years of age or older or of the surviving spouse of such a person, if the surviving spouse was 55 years of age or older when the person dies, may not be increased above the amount paid in the first year after the person turned 65, regardless of the changes in the tax rate or property value.
Notice of Rollback Rate: The highest tax rate the district can adopt before requiring voter approval at an election is $1.04005. This election will be automatically held if the district adopts a rate in excess of the rollback rate of $1.04005
Fund Balances
The following estimated balances will remain at the end of the current fiscal year and are not encumbered with or by a corresponding debt obligation, less estimated funds necessary for operating the district before receipt of the first state aid payment:
Maintenance and Operations Fund Balance (s) $650,000.00
Interest & Sinking Fund Balance (s) $ 8,930.00