Smith County Emergency Services District No. 1

P. O. Box 697
Lindale, Texas 75771

Telephone #: 903-882-6492

E-mail address: annie42@flash.net

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Smith County ESD #1 BOARD MEETING PROCEDURES (amended 8/15/24)

Commissioners

Requirements to be a Commissioner: Be at least 18 years of age and live in the single-member district. A person is disqualified to serve as a Commissioner (per Texas Health & Safety Code, Chapter 775, Section 775.0355) if that person: (1) is related within the third degree of affinity or consanguinity to: (A) a person providing professional services to the district; (B) a commissioner of the same district; or (C) a person who is an employee or volunteer of an emergency services organization providing emergency services to the district; (2) is an employee of a commissioner of the same district, attorney, or other person providing professional services to the district; (3) is serving as an attorney, consultant, or architect or in some other professional capacity for the district or an emergency services organization providing emergency services to the district; or (4) fails to maintain the qualification required by law to serve as a commissioner

Commissioners

District 1: Charles Froebe, Secretary - 12852 Westbrook Dr., Tyler, Texas 75704, 903-881-6274, cell #: 318-518-5012, email address: obe1frob@gmail.com, Term of Office: January 01, 2025, through December 31, 2028

District 2: Louie Brown, Vice-President - 12265 CR 461, Tyler, Texas 75706, cell #:903-539-4205, email address: lbrown101948@yahoo.com, Term of Office: January 01, 2023, through December 31, 2026

District 3: Carolyn Todd, President - 18115 CR 431, Lindale, Texas 75771, cell #: 903-360-4426, email address: lctodd7@gmail.com, Term of Office: January 01, 2023, through December 31, 2026

District 4: Cory Crowell, Assistant Treasurer - 15151 CR 4148, Lindale, Texas 75771, P. O. Box 576, Lindale, Texas 75771, cell #: 903-312-8023, email address: ccrowell1962@gmail.com, Term of Office: January 01, 2025 through December 31, 2028

District 5: Owen Scott, Treasurer - P. O. Box 834, 219 Francis Drive, Lindale, Texas 75771, 903-882-6560, cell #: 903-343-8385, email address: odscott67@yahoo.com, Term of Office: January 01, 2023 through December 31, 2026.

Fire Chief

Jeremy Larue, P. O. Box 685, Lindale, Texas 75771, 903-883-3443, cell #: 903-806-5233, email address: jlarue@lindalevfd.com

Volunteer Clerk

Annie Baldwin, 13572 FM 2710, Lindale, Texas 75771, 903-882-6492, cell #: 903-530-2707, email address: annie42@flash.net

PROPERTY TAX RATE INFORMATION

Notice of Estimated Taxes

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 regarding the amount of taxes that each entity that taxes your property will impose if the entity adopts its proposed tax rate. Your local property tax database will be updated regularly during August and September as local elected officials propose and adopt the property tax rates that will determine how much you pay in property taxes.

Proposed and adopted tax rates are entered throughout this period. You may check the database for real-time updates or register for email updates to see how it may effect your 2025 tax bill. You may request the same information from your county tax assessor.

The tax assessor for your county is:
Gary Barber
Smith County Tax Assessor-Collector
Truth in Taxation
P.O. Box 2011
Tyler, TX 75710
(903) 590-2920

2025 Tax Rate Calculation Worksheet

NOTICE ABOUT 2025 TAX RATES

BUDGET COVER PAGE

STATEMENT OF 2025 TAX RATE INCREASE

SMITH COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 1 ADOPTED A TAX RATE OF $.068865 THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY .07% BY WHICH THE TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE NO-NEW- REVENUE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE OF $ .064094 ON A $ 100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $ 4.78.

SALES AND USE TAX RATE:

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 01, 2023, THE SMITH COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 1 ADOPTED A LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX OF 1 1/2% WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT.

Budgets

(M&O: Maintenance and Operation tax revenues; I&S: Debt service tax revenues)

2023-2024-Total Tax Levy (includes new construction) $ 1,939,827. For Budget-M&O: $ 2,085,156, I&S: $.000, tax rate $.071364, 9% decrease from last year’s rate of $.078427

2024-2025-Total Tax Levy (includes new construction) $ 2,016,133. For Budget-M&O: $ 6,018,657-I&S: $.000, tax rate $.068240, 4.4% decrease from last year’s rate of $.071364

2025-2026-Total Tax Levy (includes new construction) $ 2,272,258 an increase of $ 231,542, 11.35%. For Budget-M&O: $ 6,236,033, I&S: $.000, tax rate $.068865, 12.7% increase from last year’s rate of $ .068240.

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