Shopping in Fredville, and having online purchases delivered to a Fredville address, keeps the city's share of sales tax here at home, where it helps pay for the services and amenities residents count on.
Taxable purchases made in Fredville carry a combined sales tax of 8.25%. The state of Texas keeps 6.25%, and the remaining 2% comes back to the City of Fredville. It may sound small, but that 2% is one of the main sources of money for running the city.
How Fredville Uses Its 2%
- Ongoing street improvements, approved by voters: 0.375%
- Crime control and community policing, approved by voters: 0.25%
- Ongoing park improvements, approved by voters: 0.125%
- Building and operating city recreation centers, approved by voters: 0.25%
- General fund for day-to-day city operations: 1%
What City Services Cost
Each item below costs the city about $1.1 million:
- Staffing one fire station
- Operating one ambulance
- Covering two police patrol beats
- Replacing every stop sign in Fredville
- Restocking the entire collection at the Fredville Main Library
- Keeping all of the city's public swimming pools open
- Mowing medians, drainage channels and rights-of-way
- Caring for the grounds of city parks
Help keep city services strong: do your shopping in Fredville and send your online orders to a Fredville address. Shop and Ship Fredville!
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