The Taxable values in this chart are after all exemptions have been applied for the Taxing Jurisdiction so they represent the Taxable Value for that year assuming a 10% increase in Appraised Value by HCAD. Those values are calculated by multiplying Prior Year Value by 1.1 giving Current Year Value. […]
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CITY OF JERSEY VILLAGE, TEXAS – PROPOSITION A Shall the City Council of the City of Jersey Village, Texas (the “City”) be authorized to issue bonds, in one or more series, in a principal amount not to exceed $10,100,000 maturing serially or otherwise over a period of years (not to […]
These remarks were posted as an effort to explain how things in today’s Jersey Village are much more complicated than in the early days of Jersey Village. “When the city was formed, and there had to be a group to manage the affairs of the city, so the city council […]
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., “downsizing” for layoffs and “servicing the target” for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such […]
If you want to know more about Certificate of Obligation and when they may be used as a funding source, here are links where that is explained in more detail. Certificates of Obligation and https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._local_gov’t_code_section_271.045 Before I get to the “WHY” Jersey Village City Council has chosen to use them […]
A lot of Jersey Village residents have moved here during the past twenty years, and many of them assume what exists today has always been the same. To explain “what was and what wasn’t” would require a document that tells the history of JV, and that is not the purpose […]
Jersey Village provided a chart that shows the impact on property taxes with the two suggested tax rate increases if the three bond propositions are approved by the voters. Their chart is flawed in multiple ways. The chart provides calculated taxes for several property taxable values for five years with […]
All Jersey Village residents must understand what is being voted on and how much the approval of the Propositions would increase our property taxes. The city has provided a lot of information about where the bond money would be used if the voters approve each of the three propositions; however, […]
The JV City Council has voted to authorize the City Manager to enter a contract with the Architect to begin developing construction drawings for the City Hall Project. City Council has also published a Notice of Intent to Issue Bonds. The Notice of Intent to Issue Bonds includes: A $20mm […]