ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-29-9 TAXRATE TAXI RATE FOR THE: 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR  AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD APPROVING AND LEVYING THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF $0.316488 PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS (S100.00) OF ASSESSED VALUATION OF ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY FOR THE USE AND SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD, TEXAS, FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDING FOR APPORTIONING OF EACH LEVY FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES; AND PROVIDING WHEN TAXES SHALL BECOME DUE AND WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME DELINQUENT IF NOT PAID; APPROVING TAX CODE STATEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES AND INTEREST; DETERMINING FINDINGS OF FACT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; INCLUDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND ESTABLISHING AN  EFFECTIVE DATE.  WHEREAS abudget appropriating revenue generated for the use and support ofthe  municipal government oft the City of Fairfield ("City") has been approved and adopted by the City Council as required by Chapter 102 ofthe Texas  Local Government Code; and  WHEREAS the City Council finds that it is necessary and proper for the good  government, peace, and order of the City to adopt an ordinance  establishing an ad valorem tax rate.  NOW, THEREFORE, BEIT ORDAINED BY' THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF  FAIRFIELD, TEXAS, THAT:  SECTION1. ADOPTION OF TAX RATE. The tax rate oft the City of Fairfield for  the tax year 2024 be, and is hereby, set at $0.316488 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of the taxable value of all property, real, personal, and mixed, not exempt from taxation by the Constitution and laws ofthis State situated within the corporate limits oft the City of  Fairfield.    SECTION2. TAXLEVY. There is hereby levied for the tax year 2024 upon all  property, real, personal, and mixed, not exempt from taxation by the Constitution and laws oft this State situated within the corporate limits of the City of] Fairfield, and there shall be collected for the use and support ofthe-municipal, govérnment ofthe City of Fairfield, for the payment of current expenses and to be deposited in the General Fund for the 2023- 2024 Fiscal Year an ad valorem tax rate ofs 0.316488 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100:00) of the taxable value of such property, said tax being sO levied shall be apportioned and distributed to the specific  purposes here set forth.  a. For the maintenance and support ofthe current expenses and budget ofthe general government (General Fund) (maintenance and operations) for'Fiscal Year 2023-2024, a tax rate of$0.242935 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) assessed value oftaxable b. For the Debt Fund, for the purpose of creating a sinking fund toj pay the interest and principal maturities on all outstanding debt oft the City, not otherwise provided for, a tax rate of$ 0.067099 on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) assessed value oft taxable property.  property.  SECTION3. TAX CODESTATEMENIS. The City Council hereby states that this SECTION4. DUE DATE AND DELINQUENCY. Taxes levied under this  tax rate will raise no new revenue than last year's tax rate.  ordinance shall be due January 1, 2024 and ifnot paid on or before January 31, 2024 shall immediately become delinquent.  SECTION5. LIEN, PENALTIES, AND INTEREST. AIl taxes shall become al lien  upon the property against which assessed, and the city tax collector of the City ofFairfield, Texas is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the collection of such taxes açcording to the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and ordinances oft the City of Fairfield, Texas and shall, by virtue oft the tax rolls, fix and establish a lien by levying upon such property, whether real, personal, or mixed, for the payment of said taxes, penalty and interest, and, the interest and penalty collected from such delinquent taxes shall be apportioned to the general fund of the City of] Fairfield, Texas. All delinquent taxes shall bear interest from date of delinquency at the rate as prescribed by state law. Ordinance by reference as findings of fact as if set forth herein. in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this Ordinance.  SECTION 6. FINDINGS OF FACT. The foregoing recitals are incorporated into this SECTION 7. PRIOR ORDINANCES. All previous budget ordinances shall remain    SECTION8. PUBLICATION. The City Secretary of the City is hereby directed to  post the notice required by Section 26.05 oft the Texas Tax Code on the City's website and to publish ini the Official Newspaper of the City of Fairfield, the caption and effective date ofthis Ordinance as required by  TexasLocal Government Code Section 52.011.  SECTION9. EFFECTIVE DATE. The necessity for making and approving the tax  levy for the year, as required by the laws ofthe State of Texas, requires that this Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its  passage, as the law in such case provides.  SECTION 10.OPEN MEETING. It is hereby officially found and determined that  the meeting at which this Ordinance was passed was open to the public and that public notice oft the time place and purpose of said meeting was given as required by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code  Chapter 551.  PASSED this 29th day of September, 2023, at a Special Called Meeting of the City Council ofthe City ofFairfield, Texas, there being a quorum present, by 6) "YEAS" and 0 "NAYS" and approved by the Mayor on the date above set out.  ALDERMEN VOTING James Tyus Arland Thill Bobby Nichols Roger Keeton Angela Oglesbee  AYE  NAY - - -  ABSTAIN ABSENT  APPROVED:  Kenneth Hughes, Mayor  ATTEST:  MsQulado Misty/Ricgison, TRMC City Secretary