August 24, 2016
The Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health 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 4.5 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax rate calculated under Chapter 26,Tax Code).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 Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health 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 4.5 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax rate calculated under Chapter 26,Tax Code).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 on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 6:00 p.m. at Central Health Administrative Offices, 1111 East Cesar Chavez, Austin,T exas 78702.
The second public hearing will be held onWednesday, September 7, 2016, 5:30 p.m. at Central Health Administrative Offices, 1111 East Cesar Chavez, Austin, Texas 78702.
FOR: Katrina Daniel, Chairperson; Rosie Mendoza, Treasurer; Kirk Kuykendall, Secretary; Charles Bell, Board Member; Sherri Greenberg, Board Member; Clarke Heidrick, Board Member; Richard Yuen, Board Member; and CynthiaValadez, Board Member.
AGAINST: None
PRESENT and not voting: None
ABSENT: Guadalupe Zamora, Board Member.
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in theTravis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health last year was $262,874 (average taxable value of a residence homestead in the taxing unit for the preceding tax year, disregarding residence homestead exemptions available only to disabled persons or persons 65 years of age or older). Based on last year’s tax rate of $0.117781 (preceding year’s adopted tax rate) per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home was $309.62 (tax on average taxable value of a residence homestead in the taxing unit for the preceding tax year, disregarding residence homestead exemptions available only to disabled persons or persons 65 years of age or older).
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health this year is $285,152 (average taxable value of a residence homestead in the taxing unit for the current tax year, disregarding residence homestead exemptions available only to disabled persons or persons 65 years of age or older). If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.105832 (effective tax rate) per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $301.78 (tax on average taxable value of a residence homestead in the taxing unit for the current tax year, disregarding residence homestead exemptions available only to disabled persons or persons 65 years of age or older).
If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.110541 (proposed tax rate) per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $315.21 (tax on the average taxable value of a residence in the taxing unit for the current year disregarding residence homestead exemptions available only to disabled persons or persons 65 years of age or older).
Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.