South Padre Island raises property taxes

By SCARLET O’ROURKE
Staff Writer
editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com

The City Commission­ers and Mayor of South Padre Island unanimously voted yesterday, Aug. 31 to raise property taxes, but taxpayers should not see any significant chang­es to their net payments.

Taxable value last year was $2,510,996,414; however, this year the adjustable taxable value went down to $2,464,506,712. This, according to Beth Free, would have rendered the city $114,183 short of revenue compared to the previous year.

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