Saturday, September 14, 2024
AZLE — Like many surrounding communities, residents of the City of Azle will pay more in taxes during the next fiscal year. In a special council meeting, members of Azle City Council approved the annual budget, ratified a tax rate increase, and established water and sewer base rates for the City of Azle fiscal year starting Oct. 1. All council members except Stacy Peek were present for the brief meeting held in City Hall’s community room Aug. 26.
Ordinance No. 2024-21 was adopted, which will increase the property tax rate by 12.75% from the current rate of $0.5688744 to $0.6140869.
The increase in property tax revenue in the budget is $1,529,327. The property tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year is $424,709.
City Manager Tom Muir cited an increase in rising costs in providing city services to explain this year’s higher tax rate.
The water and sewer base rates for FY 2024-25 reflect no increase over the FY 2023-24 base rates. In addition, there were no changes to the consumption rates for Azle water and sewer customers.
