Volume 26 | Number 5 www.TheKatyNews.com March 6, 2015 | FREE Get Skinny for Sping! 30/30 Challenge Diet Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Days 20501 Katy Fwy - Suite 117 Katy, TX 77450 • 281-578-0606 www.ChiroDynamics.net Community City of Katy Increases 2015 Katy Chamber Gala Events Send Calendar Property Tax listings to: Boasts Record Crowd
[email protected] Exemption to $80,000 MAR 7 Spin-A-Thon The Katy City Council eligible for an additional 9 a.m. has increased the property exemption. A few cities The Houstonian Club, tax exemption for residents and counties provide 111 N. Post Oak Lane with disabilities or who are additional exemptions as The Periwinkle’s 20th annual older than 65 in an effort to home values continue to fundraiser for programs for keep rising tax bills from climb. With this increase, children with cancer. For more pricing them out of their homeowners with homes information call 713-807-0191. homes. valued at $100,000 would In a unanimous vote, the pay no city property taxes. exemption was increased to City Administrator, MAR 8 $80,000, matching the city Byron Hebert explained that Daylight Savings Begins of Houston's exemption, the increased exemption and could affect as many is related to plans for the as 1,000 homeowners. This city of Katy to reduce its is the third increase in what property tax rate by 2 cents is being called a long-term every year until 2018 so plan to raise the exemption long as property values to $100,000. remain strong.