Notice of Public Hearing and Vote on Tax Increase

A tax rate of $0.135195 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health.

The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2026 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health from the same properties in both the 2025 tax year and the 2026 tax year.

The voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate that the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate.

The proposed tax rate is greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health is proposing to increase property taxes for the 2026 tax year.

A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, September 2, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. at the Central Health Administrative Offices, 1111 E Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78702.   

A link to livestream video is available at the following URL (copy and paste into your web browser): https://www.youtube.com/@tchealthdistrict/streams

A member of the public who wishes to make comments virtually during the Public Communication portion of the meeting must properly register with Central Health no later than 2:30 p.m. on September 2, 2026. Registration can be completed in one of three ways:

• Complete the virtual sign-in form at https://www.centralhealth.net/meeting-sign-up/;
• Call 512-978-9190. Please leave a voice message with your full name and your request to comment via telephone at the meeting; with the name of the meeting at which you wish to speak; or
• Sign-in at the front desk on the day of the meeting, prior to the start of the meeting.

Individuals who register to speak on the website or by telephone will receive a confirmation email and/or phone call by staff with instructions on how to join the meeting and participate in the public hearing or public communication.

The proposed tax rate is not greater than the voter-approval tax rate. As a result, the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health is not required to hold an election at which voters may accept or reject the proposed tax rate. However, you may express your support for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the members of the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health Board of Managers at their offices or by attending the Board of Managers meeting as mentioned above.

YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE TAX RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:

Property tax amount = tax rate x taxable value of your property / 100

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

FOR: Cynthia Brinson, Sedora Jefferson, Ann Kitchen, Manuel Martin, Eliza May, Amit Motwani

AGAINST:

PRESENT and not voting: Geronimo Rodriguez, Maram Museitif

ABSENT: Cynthia Valadez

Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes

to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.

The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state.

The following table compares the taxes imposed on the average residence homestead by the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health last year to the taxes proposed to be imposed on the average residence homestead by the Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health this year:

For assistance with tax calculations, please contact the tax assessor for Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health at (512) 854-9473 or [email protected] or visit http://www.traviscountytax.org for more information.

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