A proposal of raising the tax rate from $0.586126 to $0.604974 per $100 valuation elicited conflicting emotions among the Pilot Point City Council members on Aug. 28.
In her financial report, Michele Sanchez, assistant city manager and CFO, explained that with the $0.58 rate, the average tax on a homestead would be $13.55 or 0.78% higher than last year for an average home value.
For the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, $1.2 million were moved from the Public Safety Fund to balance salaries and benefits.
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