Devine council formally postpones action of 2025-2026 budget

By Anton Riecher
Action to approve the proposed 2025-2026 budget for the city of Devine originally slated for the Sept. 16 Devine City Council meeting has been formally postponed until Sept. 29 in light of incorrect information published by the city as to the no new revenue rate.
Mayor Butch Cook noted that the official notice given by the city to be published in The Devine News incorrectly stated that the proposed tax rate of $.05900 per $100 valuation is not greater than the no new revenue rate. In fact, it is greater than the no new revenue rate of $.05675. (The error was on the city’s part.)
“For the sake of transparency we have prepared a statement that went to the newspaper today,” Cook said. The statement was also published on social media also.
A corrected notice was published in the newspaper on Sept. 17.
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