Arlington residents will vote on a proposed $200.8 million bond package this May to improve parks, public safety departments, and public facilities.
Council members unanimously approved advancing the bond to public vote after a 19-member citizens' bond committee shared their recommendations last October.
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Proposition A would allocate nearly $137 million for public works and road improvements. Proposition B would allocate almost $50 million for public safety, including $16 million for new fire engines and trucks, $13 million to rebuild Fire Station No. 6, and $5.7 million for a new police and fire training complex. Proposition C would put more than $9 million into improvements at various parks and the Dottie Lynn Recreation Center. Proposition D would fund the replacement of major systems at City Hall. The last proposal, Proposition E, would cover improvements at four of the city's library branches.
More information on the bond can be found on the city's .
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The election will be held on May 3, and early voting will be held April 22-29. The last day to register to vote in the election will be April 3. .
HOW ARE TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS FUNDED?
Texas school districts are funded by three sources: Federal money, state money and local taxes. Local taxes comprise two tax rates, Maintenance and Operations (M&O) and Interest and Sinking (I&S), set by the school board. M&O is the money used to pay for the day-to-day operations of a school district, including salaries and professional development, utilities, curriculum, building maintenance, and student services. I&S is the money generated from bonds to pay for new buildings, renovations, security, buses and other large expenses. The I&S tax rate is used to repay the bonds. Funding approved for M&O and I&S projects can't be mixed.
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HOW CAN BOND MONEY BE SPENT?
Bond money can only be spent on capital projects like new buildings, renovations, security upgrades, land acquisition, and other non-recurring costs. It can't be spent on salaries, staff, utilities, fuel, or other recurring costs. The money repaid from a bond will include interest over time, generally 30 years. Many districts try to repay their bonds early to save on the interest obligation.
WHAT IS A VATRE?
VATRE stands for Voter Approval Tax Rate Elections. If a district needs to increase funding for salaries, daily operating expenses, or other recurring costs, then they have to ask voters to approve of an increase of the M&O Voter Approved Tax Rate (VATR). Many districts hold VATREs to increase M&O funding because they have a deficit. State legislators have not increased funding for schools since 2019, and with inflation and the addition of unfunded mandates, such as adding an armed officer on each campus, many school districts say they are strapped for cash.
'THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE'
A state law requires Texas school districts to include the statement, “This is a property tax increase,” on every ballot proposition. That is true even if the proposition does not increase the tax rate. In their proposals, many Texas school districts say they can issue bonds without increasing the I&S rate. This is often done by taking on new bond debt as old, declining debt is paid off. Read the district's proposal thoroughly to understand whether voting for the bond package will result in a tax rate change. Even without an increase in the tax rate, changes in property tax appraisals could result in a larger tax bill for the property owner.
