City of Port Lavaca

"Home of Big Sails and Big Fish Tales"

The secrets out! People from all over Texas are starting to discover our little jewel, nestled in the middle of Texas's Gulf Coast. Don't let the big resort-like look take away from its small town feel though, it is a perfect place to get away from the city bustle and fast traffic hustle. If you do start missing the fast pace of the big cities, Houston, San Antonio and Corpus Christi are but a couple of hours away.

Port Lavaca is located near the center point of the 275-mile Texas Gulf Coast, offering visitors a wide variety of public park facilities, RV accommodations and excellent marinas. The tropical, seaside environment and community charm add to an attractive, family-oriented vacation!

Port Lavaca, Texas, in Calhoun County, is 26 miles SE of Victoria, Texas (center to center) and 73 miles NE of Corpus Christi, Texas. There are 12,035 residents in the city.

Attention Bird Lovers: Birding has never been better in Calhoun County! It is a migratory flyway for 400 species of birds, and the area is a wintering ground for numerous species, including the endangered Whooping Crane. The county boasts eight birding sites on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail. For seven consecutive years, more bird species have been recorded in Calhoun County than any other county in the nation during the North America Migratory Count. The count is conducted annually in May.

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase

The CITY OF PORT LAVACA will hold a public hearing on a proposal to increase total tax revenues ham properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 9.043327 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code). Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

The first public hearing will be held on August 25, 2008 at 6:30 PM at City Hall Council Chambers located at 202 N. Virginia, Port Lavaca, TX. 77979.

The second public hearing will be held on August 28, 2008 at 6:30 PM at City Hall Council Chambers located at 202 N. Virginia, Port Lavaca, TX. 77979.

The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as follows:

FOR: Mayor Pro-Tem Perez, Council Members Felder, Rivera, Falcon, Innes and Ban

AGAINST: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: None

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in CITY OF PORT LAVACA last year was $75,057. Based on last year's tax rate of $0.750000 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home was $562.93.

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in CITY OF PORT LAVACA this year is $80,595. If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.687800 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $554.33.

If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.750000 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $604.46.

Members of the public arc encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.

Notice of Public Hearing on the Proposed Budget

for the City of Port Lavaca, Texas

The City Council of the City of Port Lavaca, Texas will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget for fiscal year of October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009 on Thursday, August 28 at 6:30 p.m., in the City Hall Council Chambers, 202 North Virginia, Port Lavaca, Texas. All interested parties are encouraged to attend.

A copy of the proposed budget will be made available for public review at the following location: City Hall- City Secretary’s Office

This budget will raise more property taxes than last year’s budget by $281,443 (9.6%), and of that amount $48,837 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the roll this year.

CITY CHARTER - 2007

CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NOW OPEN FROM 7:30 AM TO 5:30 PM FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE IN PAYING UTILITY BILLS.

SEAFOOD MARKET DAYS IN PORT LAVACA

EVERY 4TH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH - APRIL THROUGH

OCTOBER

LIGHTHOUSE BEACH R V PARK

700 LIGHTHOUSE BEACH RD

CORNER OF HWY. 35 & SH 238

TIME: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT MARICELA GONZALES AT 552-9793 Ext 229 OR

E-MAIL HER AT MGONZALES@PORTLAVACA.ORG

ACTIVATE YOUR WATER AND SEWER ONLINE!