ROCKPORT, Tx — A Rockport citizen is claiming the city's recently adopted property tax rate is illegal for multiple reasons, while city officials maintain they have operated within the law.
The city adopted a budget of $64.3 million that included a property tax increase , which was reported by KRIS 6 News in September as a 10% increase.
Rockport citizen Andrew Kane said he believes the tax rate is "illegal on four different points.
The first allegation concerns accounting practices. "They've moved maintenance and operation items into the I&S [Interest and Sinking]," Kane told KRIS 6 News. "They're borrowing money every year to pay for normal maintenance and operations so they can therefore have a 3.5% M&O tax increase, but the total property tax increase this year was 10.33%." Rockpor