Residents of Mesquite, time to speak up on the proposed tax increase set to be discussed in a public hearing soon. The City of Mesquite's governing body has put forward a new tax rate of $0.750000 per $100 valuation, a notch above the current rate. Consider your potential tax bill and the services provided by the local government, because both might be changing shortly. The public hearing is slated for August 18 at 7 p.m. and will take place at the Council Chambers at City Hall, 757 N Galloway Ave, Mesquite, Texas 75149.
For those running the numbers, the proposed rate exceeds the no-new-revenue tax rate of $0.695884, which aims to pull in the same amount of property tax revenue for the city from the same properties as the year before. If you thought the no-new-revenue rate was cool, know that the proposed rate also surges past the voter-approval tax rate. And if the City of Mesquite gets its way with the proposed rate, it'll have to court the voters in an election, giving them the power to accept or reject the rate. Details point to November 4, 2025, as the date of reckoning when citizens can voice their choice at the polls, per information by the City of Mesquite.
But let's make it real. Your taxes under any of these rates are due for a hike. Take your property's taxable value, sling by the rate, divide by 100, and there's your bill. It's not just a Mesquite thing either — changes in the voter-approval tax rate come right from the Texas Legislature's desire to rein in property tax growth across the Lone Star State.
