Council approves public notice of tax rate
By Clayton Kelley
The Hallettsville City Council is proposing a property tax rate of .5408 per $100 of taxable value for the 2026 tax year. They approved a public notice of the 2026 tax rate at the Aug. 17 meeting.
The proposed tax rate is higher than the city’s no-new-revenue tax rate of .4353 per $100 of taxable value. This means the proposed tax rate would generate more property tax revenue than the city would co…