San Marcos City Council voted unanimously to approve the tax rate at 60.3 cents per $100 of taxable value on the first of two readings at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.
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Jane Hughson
Mayor Hughson went skydiving with Alex Broussard, a San Marcos Fire Department Firefighter, to benefit the Hays Caldwell Women's Center.
Photo provided by Jane Hughson
The November election will see candidates for San Marcos mayor on the ballot. Mayor Jane Hughson, will be running for re-election against current San Marcos CISD Board of Trustee Juan Miguel Arredondo. Hughson plans to run for her final term, if elected.
The San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District approved the certified appraisals from Hays County, Caldwell County and Guadalupe County and adopted the tax rate of $1.0152 per $100 of taxable value. According to SMCISD Board President Anne Halsey, this means that the November ballot will be a Voter Approved Tax Rate Election with the option to vote for or against the district receiving two additional Golden Pennies on its total tax rate, which are worth a penny a piece per $100 of taxable value.
A 712 acre development with nearly 3,000 planned lots called Sedona is coming to the eastside of San Marcos and will roll out in several phases, the first of which will begin in the next couple of weeks. Sedona developer John Lloyd said the “vast majority” of the development, which will be near Cottonwood Creek and divided by Lovelady Lane, will be single- family residential, but the land is zoned mixeduse commercial; 100 acres on the southwest corner of the development along Highway 123 will either be commercial and could “conceivably be some multi-family,” according to Lloyd.
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra reads a report from the Sheriff’s Office during Hays County Commissioners Court that outlines the jail population and outsourcing costs for the previous week. The Sheriff’s Office provided outsourcing costs for this Fiscal Year and the previous Fiscal year (except for June and July), which shows that outsourcing costs have gone up approximately half a million dollars total compared to the same time period last year.
The San Marcos City Council voted four to three to approve the annexation of 7.553 acres of land generally located on the western side of FM 1984 and approximately 4,600 feet from northeast of the intersection between SH 80 and FM 1984 for a future roadway within the AXIS Logistics Park development agreement, formerly known as the SMART Terminal, amidst pushback from some nearby Martindale residents.
Have you ever thought that San Marcos drivers are the worst you’ve ever seen? Well, new data supports those frustrated thoughts that bubble up when you’re behind the wheel.
The San Marcos Chamber of Commerce is bringing back the Back the Bobcats Community Spirit Campaign. Pictured above are some of last years' winners including Thaddeus Watkins-Edward Jones Financial, KnD's Boutique and Crystal Dixon-Edward Jones Financial.
Photos courtesy of San Marcos Chamber of Commerce
Chamber brings back community spirit campaign for second season
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