BLINN BOARD TO CONSIDER INCREASE TO TAX RATE, APPOINTMENT OF NEW TRUSTEE
The Blinn Board of Trustees will hold two meetings next week to cover an increase to the property tax rate and an appointment to fill a trustee’s term through next spring.
the Blinn Board of Trustees' proposed property tax
rate, showing the changes between the previous
adopted rate and the proposed rate.
(Blinn College)
Trustees will first meet on Monday at 2 p.m. to propose a tax rate of $0.0421 per $100 valuation and hold a public hearing.
The proposed rate is above the current adopted rate of $0.0363 per $100 and falls just shy of the voter-approval rate of $0.042241. The no-new-revenue rate is $0.036595.
With the proposed rate, combined with higher property values, the tax on the average homestead is projected to go up by $28.30.
The board will then gather for its regular meeting on Tuesday at 10 a.m. to consider adopting a resolution for the new tax rate.
Click here to view the notice for the tax rate public hearing on Monday.
(courtesy Blinn College)
Also on Tuesday, the board will vote on appointing a member to fill the unexpired term of At-Large Position 1 Trustee, Charles Moser.
Moser first joined the board by appointment in 2015 to fill another trustee’s unexpired term. He won an election to fill the remainder of the term in 2017 and another election in 2019 for a full six-year term, which expires in May 2025.
Moser told KWHI that after what will be 10 years serving on the board, he feels it is a good time to step aside, adding that he is confident in the rest of the board moving forward.
In other business, the board will vote on an engineering services contract and seeking proposals for construction manager-at-risk services for central plant upgrades on the Brenham Campus.
After an executive session, trustees will consider agreements related to the purchase and development of real property in Harris County. Blinn currently operates its Waller campus out of Waller ISD’s W.C. Schultz Junior High School.
The meetings on Monday and Tuesday will both be held in the third-floor board room of the Brenham Campus Administration Building. They will be livestreamed on the Blinn College YouTube channel.
There’s more Taxable properties that have increased exponentially in the past ten years. Obviously, Blinn can’t manage money either. It’s like having a city manager that is a certified professional accountant that has to constantly need more tax dollars too. Obviously, it is time to audit their professional abilities to perform their duties and have a news report on their annual job performance, since they obviously have a failing score. No more grade curves at the expense of the taxpayers.
To the best of my knowledge, Washington Co. residents bear the tax burden for the entire Blinn system ( Brenham, College Station. Schulenburg and Sealy.)
College Station has the largest enrollment ,almost 10.000 compared to approx 3,000 for Brenham. Schulenburg and Sealy have very low numbers. Can anyone explain why the other counties ,especially Brazos, does not share the tax burden?? Now Blinn wants to raise the taxes again. I feel it is very unfair to Washington Co. !!! Does anyone else have any opinions on this?
I asked this same thing several years ago, and was told that the central campus or main campus location is the deciding factor for which county the taxes are assessed. If Blinn wanted to ‘move’ the main campus to College Station or Bryan, that would then turn Brenham into a satellite campus and we would be off the hook. However, they will tear down every old building on campus and leave us still to pay the taxes. Funny how all those businesses in College Station and Bryan the benefit, but we still pay.