- The City of Seminole will hold a special election regarding a sales and use tax for street maintenance and a proposed 'Sanctuary City for the Unborn' ordinance submitted by initiative petition on November 3, 2026
- Call : (432) 758-3676
Statements required in notice if the proposed tax rate exceeds the no-new-revenue tax rate but does not exceed the voter-approval
tax rate, as prescribed by Tax Code §§26.06(b-2).
This notice only applies to a taxing unit other than a special taxing unit or municipality with a population of less than 30,000, regardless of whether it is a special taxing unit.
PROPOSED TAX RATE: $0.538027 per $100
NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE: $0.461456 per $100
VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE: $0.550630 per $100
The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2026 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for SEMINOLE CITY from the same properties in both the 2025 tax year and the 2026 tax year.
The voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate that SEMINOLE CITY may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate.
The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that SEMINOLE CITY is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2026 tax year.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON 09/28/2026 06:30 PM (CT) at Seminole City Hall, 302 S Main, Seminole, TX
The proposed tax rate is not greater than the voter-approval tax rate. As a result, SEMINOLE CITY is not required to hold an election at which voters may accept or reject the proposed tax rate. However, you may express your support for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the members of the City of Seminole of SEMINOLE CITY at their offices or by attending the public hearing mentioned above.
YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE TAX RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: Property tax amount = ( tax rate ) x ( taxable value of your property ) / 100
(List names of all members of the governing body below, showing how each voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase or, if one or more were absent, indicating absences.)
FOR the proposal: Mayor Chet Clerk, Lloyd Glass, Rey Saldana, Landon Sims, Joe Stewart
AGAINST the proposal: None
PRESENT and not voting: None
ABSENT: Whitney Concotelli, BlairTharp
Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.
The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state.
The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by SEMINOLE CITY last year to the taxes proposed to the be imposed on the average residence homestead by SEMINOLE CITY this year.
| 2025 | 2026 | Change | |
| Total tax rate (per $100 of value) | $0.474784 | $0.538027 | 13.32% increase |
| Average homestead taxable value | $183,819 | $189,987 | 3.35% increase |
| Tax on average homestead | $872 | $1,022 | 17.2% increase |
| Total tax levy on all properties | $2,658,522 | $2,778,382 | 4.5% increase |
For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for SEMINOLE CITY at (432) 758-3263 or gainescad@gainecad.org , or visit www.gainescad.org for more information.