CITY & SCHOOLS
News from Lewisville, Flower Mound, Highland Village & Lewisville ISD
Lewisville City Council meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at 151 W. Church St. www.cityoflewisville.com Lewisville ISD board of trustees meets at 6 p.m. Aug. 29 and Sept. 12 at 1565 W. Main St. www.lisd.net 2121 Cross Timbers Road. www.flower-mound.com Highland Village City Council meets at 7 p.m. Aug. 23 and Sept. 13 at 1000 Highland Village Road. www.highlandvillage.org Flower Mound Town Council meets at 6 p.m. Aug. 22 at MEETINGS WE COVER CITY HIGHLIGHTS FLOWER MOUND Town Council accepted the submission of a no-new-revenue tax rate of $0.385619 per $100 valuation and a voter-approval tax rate of $0.406682 per $100 valuation for fiscal year 2022-23. The proposed budget and tax rate will be voted on at the Sept. 19 meeting. HIGHLAND VILLAGE City Council began discussion of the fiscal year 2022-23 budget at its July 26 meeting. The city’s staff outlined year-end projections and the proposed general fund budget along with supplemental requests. The current fiscal year is expected to come in within budget providing a solid year end, according to the agenda item. The total revenue for the fiscal year is expected to be 6.7%. While the average overall annual increase is around 4%, the increase was upped to 5% to account for inflation. Property tax will increase 6% from last year, while sales tax will see an 11.8% increase, and public safety fees will increase 20.8%. The five-year forecast, however, projects the annual increase will return to typical levels after the upcoming fiscal year. Budget discussions will continue in August and September.
Council approves fishing barge closure
Lewisville ISD board talks budget, tax rate
RECENT BUDGETS The Lewisville ISD board of trustees is looking at passing a budget with a deficit.
BY SAMANTHA DOUTY
LEWISVILLE ISD The school board is expected to vote on a lower tax rate Aug. 29. The board will meet at 6 p.m. to discuss the district’s fiscal year 2022-23 budget. The board discussed the proposed budget and tax rate during an Aug. 3 workshop. The district is projecting a $578.89 million revenue budget. The projected budget, which includes a $54.4 million recapture expenditure, has a $15.36 million deficit. Salary increases are included in the budget. Board members will also vote on the tax rate. The proposed tax rate is $1.2368 per $100 valuation. The maintenance and operations, or M&O, tax rate accounts for $0.8559; and the interest and sinking, or I&S, rate accounts for $0.3809. The M&O rate is down from last year’s $0.9276 rate, while the I&S rate remained the same.
BY DESTINE GIBSON
LEWISVILLE City Council unan- imously approved a request for early termination of a concession agreement between the city and the Lewisville Fishing Barge. The barge owner requested an early termination of the concession agreement due to lack of funds needed to make necessary repairs, according to the Aug. 1 agenda item. In November, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and city officials deter- mined after an annual inspection that the barge was operating under unsafe conditions. It has remained closed due to electrical and structural issues. The concession agreement was a 25-year term set to expire in April 2025. The barge, located off Lake Park Road on Lewisville Lake, has been operating since 1957. The barge will be demolished at a later determined date.
Revenue FY 2020-21 (actual)
Expenditures
Deficit
$518.98M $529.52M
-$10.54M
FY 2021-22 (adopted)
$552.49M
-$26.62M
$579.11M
FY 2022-23 (projected)
$578.89M $594.25M
-$15.36M
SOURCE: LEWISVILLE ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
The district’s tax rate has decreased by $0.1854 since FY 2018-19. Home valuations have gone up while tax rates have gone down, Chief Financial Officer Paige Meloni said.
Council plans to create area nonprofit facility
Flower Mound Town Council approves pay increase for school crossing guards
BY DESTINE GIBSON
BY DESTINE GIBSON
period. The previous rate for cross- ing guards was $12.13. The total maximum annual cost increase of the changes will be $131,155. The police department proposed the new pay to help with recruit- ment and retention after seeing a downward trend in staffing over the past five years.
LEWISVILLE City Council approved plans to create a nonprofit facility during its July 18 meeting. The city will provide funding assistance to help create a Serve Lewisville center. Its mission will be to bring multiple nonprofit organizations together at one facility by 2023.
FLOWER MOUND Town Council approved a pay increase for part- time school crossing guards during its July 18 meeting. The vote increases crossing guards’ starting pay to an hourly rate of $15 in addition to an atten- dance pay incentive of $50 per pay
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LEWISVILLE - FLOWER MOUND - HIGHLAND VILLAGE EDITION • AUGUST 2022
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