Proposition Q: Austin residents vote on tax rate increase to fund 'core' services

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- When voters head to the polls this Election Day, Austin residents will be asked to vote on Proposition Q -- a tax rate hike that would pay for what some city leaders are calling "core services."

The city's portion of your property tax bill will go up either way. The question is: How much?

If voters approve that proposition, the average homeowner’s property tax bill will go up by $302.14 annually. Should Prop Q fail, your property tax bill would go up by $104.76 annually instead. The city calculated "average homeowner" at an assessed home value of $494,803.

Should Prop Q pass, the roughly $110 million that increase would generate for the city annually would go toward services like homelessness services, parks, public safety programs and public health. Here are some of th