Supporters of a big Dallas property tax rate cut used props at Wednesday’s Dallas City Council meeting trying to win votes for their plan.
“We're talking a billion-dollar increase in the budget in four years. So, to our Dallas residents and I want to say, thanks a billion,” Mendelsohn said.
Councilmember Gay Donnell Willis proposed a .7358 rate which she said would still allow for many of the budget measures the manager recommended but her rate never came up for a vote. The median Dallas homestead for the next year is valued at $344,710, an increase from $320,900 last year. Supporters of the manager’s tax rate said Dallas has a new Equity Policy that calls for increased funding to reverse inequities of the past in underserved neighborhoods.
“We like to tout the fact that we’re one of the safest cities over the last few years. It takes investment. And until we get to the point that southern Dallas is contributing as much to the tax base as northern Dallas is, we need to be very thoughtful about the way we’re making cuts,” Resendez said.
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