Author: City Administrator

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT:

The City of Uhland, has received a petition to initiate Zoning changes to the said property from Agriculture (A) to General Business District (GBD), following described territory, to-wit:

Field note description for Lot #10, a 10.4392acre (454,731 square feet) tract of land being out of a called 57.76-acre tract of land as conveyed to 58 Uhland, LP, by deed recorded in Volume 2836, Volume 464, Document number #5037799, Official Public Records Hays County, Texas (O.P.R.H.C.T.), said 57.76-acre tract being situated in the John Stewart League Survey, Abstract-14 and the August Reuss Survey, Abstract-398, Uhland, Hays County, Texas, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds.

Complete descriptions are available at city hall.

A public hearing will be held the Fifth (5) day of October, 2016 at 6:00 pm in the City Hall, 15 North Old Spanish Trail, Uhland, Texas. For all persons interested in the above proposed Zoning change.

At said time and place all such persons shall have the right to appear and be heard. Of all said matters and things, all persons interested in the things and matters here in   mentioned, will take notice.

Karen Gallaher, City Administrator

Hays County has determined there is a need for a bond referendum in November 2016 to fund transportation infrastructure and public safety facilities to meet the needs of our growing population. A final determination about a bond referendum was made on August 16, 2016, during Commissioners Court following a workshop with the County’s financial advisor and the County Auditor, that showed the County could issue as much as $250 million in bonds without increasing the tax rate or negatively affecting the County’s AA Bond Rating. The Court ultimately decided to request a vote on Proposition No. 1 for $106.4 million and Proposition No. 2 for $131.4 million.

There will be a special called meeting of the City of Uhland Board of Aldermen held on September 26, 2016 at 6:00pm at the Uhland City Hall.

The Hays County Commissioners Court Tuesday proposed a tax rate of 0.4600 per $100 of assessed valuation for Fiscal Year 2017, down from 0.4670 in FY16. The County’s 2017 fiscal year begins October 1, 2016.

The Commissioners Court also proposed a County government budget for FY17 of $179,156,141.00. The FY16 budget is $178,442,071.00.

Public hearings on the proposed tax rate are set for September 8 at 10 a.m. and September 13 at 1:30 p.m., and a public hearing to adopt the proposed County budget is set for September 20 at 1:30 p.m. All hearings will be held at the Hays County Commissioners Courtroom, 111 E. San Antonio St., San Marcos. The hearings will be livestreamed and archived at www.co.hays.tx.us.

Because the proposed tax rate exceeds the effective tax rate, state law requires two public hearings be held by the Commissioners Court before the proposed rate is adopted, which would also be required if the proposed rate exceeds the rollback rate. The FY17 proposed tax rate is 0.4600 per $100. The effective tax rate is 0.4465 per $100 and the rollback tax rate is 0.4916 per $100.

The effective tax rate is the total tax rate needed to raise the same amount of property tax revenue for Hays County from the same properties in both the 2015 and 2016 tax years. The rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate that Hays County may adopt before voters are entitled to petition for an election to limit the rate that may be approved to the rollback rate.

Your specific taxes owed under any of the above rates can be calculated using this formula:

Property tax amount = (rate) x (taxable value of your property) divided by 100.

For assistance or detailed information about tax calculations, contact Luanne Caraway, Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector Luanne Caraway at luanne@co.hays.tx.us, 512-393-5545 or from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos, TX 78666.

County documents pertaining to the current and proposed budgets and tax rates are available at www.co.hays.tx.us by choosing the Financial Transparency icon.