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Mercedes. Texas 78570 Wednesday, August 19, 1998
Guerrero earns Achievement Medal
The Mercedes Enterprise — Page 7
Anny Spec. Miguel A. Guerrero
has been decorated with the Army
Achievement Medal.
: The medal is awarded to soldiers
who have served in any capacity in a
noncombat area authorized by the See
retary of the Army. The recipients signed to the 1st Battalion, 67th Ar-
have distinguished themselves by mor at Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas.
meritorious service or achievement and He is the son of Micaela Guerrero
accomplished the act with distinction, of Mercedes.
Guerrero is a personnel and ad- The specialist is a 1992 graduate of
ministrative center awards clerk as- Mercedes High School.
PUBLIC NOTICE
1998 Property Tax Rates
in City of Mercedes
This notice concerns 1998 property tax rates for City of Mercedes. It presents
information about three tax rates. Last year’s tax rate is the actual rate the taxing
unit used to determine property taxes last year. This year’s effective tax rate would
impose the same total taxes as last year if you compare properties taxed in both
years. This year’s rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate the taxing unit can set
before taxpayers can start tax rollback procedures. In each case these rates are
found by dividing the total amount of taxes by the tax base (the total value of
taxable property) with adjustments as required by state law. The rates are given per
$100 of property value.
Last year’s tax rate:
Last year’s operating taxes
Last year’s debt taxes
Last year’s total taxes
Last year’s tax base
Last year’s total tax rate
This year’s effective tax rate:
Last year’s adjusted taxes
(after subtracting taxes on lost property)
/ This year’s adjusted tax base
(after subtracting value of new property)
= This year’s effective tax rate
This year’s rollback tax rate:
Last year's adjusted operating taxes
(after subtracting taxes on lost property and adjusting
for transferred function)
$1,114,815
$131,165
$1,245,980
$150,444,025
0.899500 /$100
$1,358,707
$152,561,351
0.890597 /$100
$1,480,421
OFFICERS FOR TENANT COUNCIL — Serving as
officers for the Tenant Council of the Mercedes
Amigos del Valle center are those shown above.
They are, from left. Vice President Cleofas
Hernandez, Parlia-mentarian Amparo Garcia,
President Angelita Gracia, Secretary Herminia Mares
and Treasurer Juanita Ledesma. (Enterprise Photo.)
Bond to bear Garcia's image
/ This year’s adjusted tax base
= This year’s effective operating rate
x 1.08 = this year’s maximum operating rate
+ This year’s debt rate
= This year’s rollback rate
- Sales tax adjustment rate
= Rollback tax rate
$152,561,351
0.970378 /$100
1.048008 /$100
0.101371 /$100
1.149379/$100
0.115497 /$100
1.033882 /$100
Schedule A
Unencumbered Fund Balances
The following estimated balances will be left in the unit’s property tax accounts at the
end of the fiscal year. These balances are not encumbered by a corresponding debt
obligation.
Type of Property Tax Fund
Balance
Debt Service
$20,500
Schedule B
1998 Debt Service
The unit plans to pay the following amounts for long-term debts that are secured by
property taxes. These amounts will be paid from property tax revenues (or additional
sales tax revenues, if applicable).
Principal or
Contract Payment
Description to be Paid from
of Debt Property Taxes
Interest to be
Paid from
Property
Taxes
Other
Amounts
to be Paid
Total
Payment
[Continued from Page 1.]
Keller and Marian Anderson will ap-
pear on the new Series I bonds — an
investment opportunity now enjoyed
primarily by pension funds, insurance
companies and other institutional in-
vestors. .
“The bond will go on sale Septem-
ber 1 and will be indexed to the Con-
sumer Price Index in denominations
as small as $50, officials said Tues-
day.
“The bonds will be offered in eight
denominations: $50, $75, $100, $200,
$500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000.
They ’ 11 be the first new type of savings
bonds since 1980.
“Others portrayed on the bonds
will be Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
Indians, Gen. George C. Marshall and
Sen. Spark M. Matsunaga, said Cruz
Ruiz Colomo, a representative of the
Garcia family.
Garcia’s brother. Dr. Xico Garcia,
said the savings bonds would be a
good way to spread Garcia’s legacy
nationwide.
“He said he was glad the bonds
bearing Garcia’s likeness would be
available in an amount that would be
affordable to many families.
“‘It’s a great honor for my brother,’
he said. ‘I’m sure he’s watching us
from upstairs. He is smiling.’
“A decorated World War II vet-
eran, Dr. Hector Garcia served on the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and
was appointed by President Johnson
as a U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations. In 1984, he was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the
highest civilian honor given by the
president.
“The Texas National Guard Ar-
mory at 1430 Horne Road (in Corpus
Christi) was renamed for Garcia in
1996, and the main post office was
renamed for him in 1988. A plaza and
a nine-foot bronze statue at Texas
A&M University-Corpus Christi honor
Garcia, and Spohn Memorial
Hospital’s indigent care clinic is named
after him.
“The cover of the (Corpus Christi)
1997-98 Southwestern Bell telephone
directory featured a photo collage of
Garcia.
“‘This honor in memory of Dr.
Hector P. Garcia is another in a series
of well-deserved recognition of an
outstanding American who commit-
ted his entire life to working to im-
prove the lives of all our citizens, par-
ticularly Hispanics in this country,’
said State Sen. Carlos Truan, a long-
C.O. Series
1993
$45,000
$60,325
$0
$105,325
C.O. Series
1992
$30,000
$3,740
$0
$33,740
$0
$0
$0
$0
time associate of Garcia’s. ‘He de-
served all of these recognitions and
more.’
“Daisy Wanda Garcia said it is
fitting that families who buy savings
bonds—especially those who buy them
to provide for their children’s educa-
tions - will be reminded of Garcia.
“‘Dr. Hector was a big supporter of
education,’ she said. ‘We’re very grate-
ful for (the honor).’”
Members of Mercedes American Legion J.A. Garcia Post 172
invite all Legionnaire and fellow veterans, and their guests
to visit its new lounge
LEGION
I ST
LOUNGE
• Pool • Television
• Music • Comradeship
Legion Hall, 321 S. Ohio, Mercedes 565-2362
Open 4:30 p.m. to midnight, Thursday and Friday
Noon to midnight on weekends
Legion meetings are the second and fourth Monday of every
month. Social and happy hours are on the fourth Monday.
WE'LL GET YOU MOWING
Total required for 1998 debt service
- Amount (if any) paid from funds listed in Schedule A
- Excess collections last year
= Total to be paid from taxes in 1998
+ Amount added in anticipation that the unit will
collect only 88.25% of its taxes in 1998
$139,065
$0
$0
$139,065
== Total debt levy
$18,516
$157,581
Schedule C: Expected Revenue from Additional Sales Tax
In calculating its effective and rollback tax rates, the unit estimated that it will receive
$175,000 in additional sales and use tax revenues.
This notice contains a summary of actual effective and rollback tax rates' calculations.
You can inspect a copy of the full calculations at 400 S. Ohio, Mercedes TX 78570.
Name of person preparing this notice: Enrique Guzman
Title: Finance Director
Date prepared 08/18/98
Rites told for
Roberto Vela -
Funeral services were conducted T
August 12 for Roberto Vela, who died
August 7 at the age of 35.
Surviving are his wife, Margarita
Garces Vela; three sons, Raul and
Ramon Vela and Juan Hernandez, all
of Mercedes; and one daughter,
Roxanne Vela.
Also surviving are his mother,
Maria Flora Gaytan; and seven sisters,
Yolanda (Jaime) Pina of Mercedes,
Beatriz Vela, Elizabeth Ann (Jerry)
Presas of Edinburg, Alicia Carranza,
Mary Ellen Carranza, Gloria Iris
Jimenez, all of Mercedes, and Belinda
(Wilbur) King of McAllen.
Other survivors are two brothers,
Miguel (Rosa) Vela and Justo (Gloria)
Carranza, both of Mercedes; paternal
grandmother Manuela Vela, maternal
grandmother, Juanita Garcia, both of
Mercedes; and several nieces and neph-
ews.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday, August 12, with a holy
mass at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic
Church. Interment followed at Our
Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers were family members.
Funeral services were under the
direction of Rudy Garza Funeral Home
of Mercedes. L.
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