Collin County Future Mobility Oct 2023

Tax rate, budget set to be adopted

by | Sep 12, 2019 | Area news

After a second public pro­posed tax rate hearing on Tues­day night, Farmersville city council is expected to adopt an $11.7 million revenue budget for 2019-20 on Sept. 17.

The first public hearing was held Sept. 3.

For the full story, see the Sept. 12 issue or subscribe online.

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