Saginaw officials have proposed a tax rate that would raise the average homeowner’s city property tax bill nearly 11 percent from last year and nearly 57 percent from just six years ago, from $533 to $836. Data from the Tarrant Appraisal District shows that from...
Historically, city leaders in Saginaw have looked to you the voter to decide on projects that would impact your tax rate and cause you to take on debt. With [Tuesday’s] action, that is no longer the case. Under the mantra “The voters elected us to make decisions...
A North Texas city councilman has a warning for local taxpayers: Their city council wants to take on $2 million of new debt to avoid lowering their property taxes. Place 2 Saginaw Councilman Patrick Farr posted on Facebook this week that on July 23, Saginaw City...
Local governments across Texas will adopt next year’s property tax rates over the next month. Taxpayers are left wondering which officials are funding bigger budgets off new growth, and which are simply asking taxpayers to pay more. Even cities that lower than tax...
