{"id":1256273,"date":"2023-09-02T23:34:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T04:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1256273"},"modified":"2023-09-05T03:12:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T08:12:25","slug":"jacksonville-reveals-proposed-2024-tax-rate-budget-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1256273","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville reveals proposed 2024 tax rate, budget items"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1256274\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/jacksonville-200x113.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/jacksonville-200x113.webp 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/jacksonville-550x310.webp 550w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/jacksonville-175x98.webp 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/jacksonville-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/jacksonville.webp 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>JACKSONVILLE \u00e2\u20ac\u201c According to our news partner KETK the City of Jacksonville has revealed several items in their proposed 2024 budget including a proposed decrease in their tax rate. According to the city, the tax rate would fall 4.266 cents from $0.68065 to $0.63799 if their proposed tax rate is put in place. The average Jacksonville homestead increased in value by almost $14,000 from last year and the city said the average tax bill will only be going up by $3.07 a month because of the proposed decrease in the tax rate. Jacksonville noted that residents can save $3 dollars by signing up for paperless billing and automatic bank draft for their water bill. There will be a public hearing at City Hall on the proposed tax rate on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. To learn more visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonvilletx.org\/\">the City of Jacksonville online<\/a>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The city also highlighted the following budget proposals:<\/p>\n<p>Two additional patrol officers<br \/>\nA new civilian code enforcement officer<br \/>\n$5.3 million to resurface and rebuild Jacksonville streets<br \/>\nA Parks and Recreation Director to manage a $3 million grant for park improvements to the following parks:<br \/>\nHazel Tilton Park (City Park)<br \/>\nLincoln Park (M.C. Wade Park)<br \/>\nLake Jacksonville Park (Concession Area)<br \/>\nBuckner Park<br \/>\n$192,000 for demolition of dilapidated buildings<br \/>\n$80,000 for a roof on the Former City Hall<br \/>\n$400,865 for remodeling Fire Station #2<br \/>\n$100,000 for a tree removal at the cemetery<br \/>\n$100,000 for the Library fa\u00c3\u00a7ade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE \u00e2\u20ac\u201c According to our news partner KETK the City of Jacksonville has revealed several items in their proposed 2024 budget including a proposed decrease in their tax rate. According to the city, the tax rate would fall 4.266 cents from $0.68065 to $0.63799 if their proposed tax rate is put in place. The average &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1256273\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jacksonville reveals proposed 2024 tax rate, budget items<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1256277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/jacksonville-200x113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Jacksonville reveals proposed 2024 tax rate, budget items","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1256273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 21:46:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/09\/jacksonville-200x113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Jacksonville reveals proposed 2024 tax rate, budget items","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1256273"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256344,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256273\/revisions\/1256344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1256277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1256273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1256273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1256273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}