Redux: City Council Meeting to be “Re-Held” Tuesday November 1, 2022 at 6:30 pm. Correction: The City Attorney was listed on the agenda and anticipated to be present in the meeting. But, since the Mayor did not poll the virtual attendees, it is unclear as to whether the City Attorney...

A Correction is in Order I want to correct something I said at the September 20th City Council meeting. Here it is: “The City of Simonton, being a “small taxing unit” is, indeed, exempt from holding hearings as was stated by the City Secretary.“ It was an honest mistake, based...

City Council Votes to Approve Massive Property Tax Increase, Denies Improprieties At their August 20, 2022 City Council Meeting, the City Council voted to approve the largest single increase in property tax in the city’s history. Weighing in at 136%, the city will raise a total of $499,999. This amount...

City Council Meeting and Budget Hearing, Tuesday September 20, 2022 at 6:30 pm. Click HERE for the City Council Meeting Agenda Click HERE for the Proposed City Budget The City Council for the City of Simonton will hold a two-part City Council meeting on September 20, 2022.  The first portion...

Was there Confusion or Transparency with the Tax Rate Increase on the Website? Update 09-15-2022: The City has corrected the potentially confusing information referred to in this article. Within hours after this article was publicly available, the official city website was edited in order to eliminate the confusion that had...

The City of Simonton Doubles the Property Tax Rate https://youtu.be/C_UTkKnvhic At the September 8, 2022 Special City Council meeting, the Council approved a doubling of local property taxes by raising the property tax from .219189/$100 valuation to .443954/$100 valuation.  As a result of the tax increase, an example home with...