I wish the law was written as follows:

The tax rate for a municipality is automatically recalculated to maintain the same gross tax revenue as the previous year. So if a city has 100 million in taxable value at .005 in 2018 and the taxable value moves to 120 million the rate automatically drops to .0042. The city council can increase this new rate by a vote up to 10%. Anything above 10% requires a city wide referendum.

duffelpud said:

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I threw in the towel and moved to the 'farm' in Burleson County last month. Amazingly the house in town sold in less than 24 hours. Someone else can pay their high taxes now.

Good riddance Kolludge Stashun gubbermint; you, your high taxes and the horse you rode in on can all take a long walk off a short pier.

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Yep. Moved from a nice house in south CS to Anderson proper a couple of months ago. Best decision we ever made. Literally cut our note in half. Lost 700sqft of housing, but gained over 1/2 an acre in lot size.

We had a contract on our house in 8 hours - we could have held out for more, but what we asked was $25k more than we had purchased for less than 2 years prior. Blows my mind someone paid what we asked for when they were still building new homes in the neighborhood. I don't see how CS is going to maintain the increase.

(Bump)

The last public hearing to discuss both the 2019-2020 budget and tax rate hike will be held at 6pm tonight at College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue.

ETA info from CS blog

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The College Station City Council gathers Thursday at city hall for its workshop (about 5 p.m.) and regular (6 p.m.) meetings.
Here are five items to watch:
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Budget Public Hearing: The council will conduct a public hearing on the city's proposed budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. The total budget is about $341.2 million and is scheduled for adoption Sept. 26.

Tax Rate Public Hearing: The council will conduct its final public hearing on the city's proposed FY20 property tax rate of .534618 per $100 of assessed value, a $2.8778-cent increase. The proposed rate would generate $51.7 million in revenue for general debt service and operations and maintenance costs.

Rock Prairie-Fitch Rezoning: After a public hearing, the council will consider a request to change the zoning from Rural to Restricted Suburban, General Commercial, Office and Natural Areas Protected for about 210 acres south of the Rock Prairie Road-William D. Fitch Parkway intersection. The change would allow for a 175-acre continuation of the Pebble Creek Subdivision.

Texas Avenue South Land Use: After a public hearing, the council will consider a request to change the land use from Suburban Commercial and Natural Areas Reserved to General Commercial, Urban, and Natural Areas Reserved for almost nine acres at 2709 Texas Avenue South. The change would allow for commercial and multi-family development.

University Drive East Land Use, Rezoning: After a public hearing, the council will consider requests to change the land use (Natural Areas Reserved to General Commercial) and the zoning (Light Industrial to General Commercial) for about 1.3 acres at 3030 University Drive East. The changes would allow for a medical office in an existing building.

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As expected, CS Council votes to increase rates again. Vessali and Rektorik voted against.

Maloney says we're getting a bargain!

Unfortunately the only people that vote in these off years are CSAN looneys. He'll get their support and the people with sense will stay home.

If you give a hoot about elected officials thinking you care please show up.
Community Wide Voters Meet the Candidates in Nonpartisan Races

This is a nonpartisan event.
Our purpose is for voters to have the opportunity to meet candidates.

Also, try out new voting machines, register to vote if you aren't, learn about Amendments to Texas Constitution.

Sunday Afternoon, October 6th
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If we don't show what do you suspect the candidates' take away is?
Betting it is we don't care.