BURTON CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PROPERTY TAX RATE

  

The Burton City Council approved adoption of next year’s property tax rate at its meeting Tuesday.

The no-new-revenue rate of $0.32131 per $100 valuation approved by the council is 10 cents less than the previous rate of $0.4246.  It is made up of $0.073738 for maintenance and operations (M&O) and $0.247572 for interest and sinking (I&S).

The effective levy at the no-new-revenue rate is $55,000.  Had the council chosen the voter-approval rate of $0.329989, the effective levy would be $58,000.

Also on Tuesday, the council:

• Approved a mobile home variance for 12316 East Hickory Street.
• Approved the closing of North Railroad Street from the school to FM 390 and from FM 390 to the post office drop box, and for West Texas Street to be blocked on the west side of North Railroad Street, for the Trick or Treat Trail on October 29^th from 6 to 8 p.m.
• Removed an item from the agenda regarding the closing of East Texas Street in between North Railroad Street and North Main Street from noon to 8 p.m. on October 8^th for the Burton Beautification and Ordinance Compliance Committee’s Toast & Smoke event at Laas-Weeren Park, as the event has been postponed.