Houston City Council members will debate a tax hike Wednesday as Mayor John Whitmire aims to cut waste.
Mayor John Whitmire and Houston City Council will debate dueling property tax proposals Wednesday as Whitmire remains adamant about cutting waste while some council members plead with him to look at the city's financial reality. Whitmire's property tax proposal suggests the city keep its current rate of just under 52 cents per $100 of a home’s appraised value.
Whitmire administration eyes higher taxes to cover $40M local costs of derecho and Hurricane Beryl If the hike passes A tax hike after extreme weather isn’t unprecedented. City leaders have voted to raise its tax rate three times in the last decade after disasters – once following the Memorial Day flood in 2015, again after the Tax Day flood in 2016 and again after Tropical Storm Imelda in 2019, Alcorn said.
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