NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE This notice applies to taxing units other than special taxing units or to a municipality with a population of less than 30,000 regardless of whether it is a special taxing unit. A tax rate of $ 0.845784 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of the City of Sansom Park. PROPOSED TAX RATE $ 0.845784 per $100 NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE $ 0.772266 per $100 VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $ 0.815269 per $100 DE MINIMIS RATE $ 1.003659 per $100 The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2025 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for the City of Sansom Park from the same properties in both the 2024 tax year and the 2025 tax year. The voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate that the City of Sansom Park may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate, unless the de minimis rate for the City of Sansom Park exceeds the voter-approval tax rate for the City of Sansom Park. The de minimis rate is the rate equal to the sum of the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate for the City of Sansom Park the rate that will raise $500,000, and the current debt rate for the City of Sansom Park. The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that the City of Sansom Park is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2025 tax year. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. at Sansom Park City Hall Council Chambers, 5705 Azle Ave., Sansom Park, Texas. The proposed tax rate is greater than the voter-approval tax rate but not greater than the de minimis rate and does not exceed the rate that allows voters to petition for an election under Section 26.075, Tax Code. If the City of Sansom Park adopts the proposed tax rate, the City of Sansom Park is not required to hold an election so that the voters may accept or reject the proposed tax rate and the qualified voters of the City of Sansom Park may not petition the City of Sansom Park to require an election to be held to determine whether to reduce the proposed tax rate. YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE TAX RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: Property tax amount = ( tax rate ) x ( taxable value of your property ) / 100 FOR the proposal: Donna Bell Place 1, Jerry Sewall Place 2, Tanya Gregory Place 4, Crystal Harris Place 5 AGAINST the proposal: None PRESENT and not voting: Mayor Jim Barnett, Jr. ABSENT: Jim Barnett, Sr., Place 3 Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property. The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state. The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by the City of Sansom Park last year to the taxes proposed to the be imposed on the average residence homestead by the City of Sansom Park this year. 2024 2025 Change Total tax rate 0.779605 0.845784 Increase of $0.066179 per $100 (per $100 of value) or 8.5% Average homestead 142,942 154,493 Increase of 8.1% taxable value Tax on average $1,114.38 $1,306.68 Increase of $192.30, or 17.3% homestead Total tax levy on all $2,777,434.02 $3,007,948.68 Increase of $230,550.66, or properties 8.3% For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for the City of Sansom Park at (817) 884-1100 or taxoffice@tarrantcountytx.gov , or visit https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/tax/property-tax. html for more information.