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This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $117,677 or 3.13% and of the amount $96,419 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year.

Of the total property taxes $73,873 of the amount is tax revenue to be raised for debt service and $43,804 is the amount to be raised for maintenance and operations.

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Effective Friday, August 20, 2010, Hillside, Summit, Lenard and Methodist (south side of Red Oak Rd.) will be closed at Red Oak Rd.  Red Oak Road will be open, but the entrances to these streets at Red Oak Rd. will be closed.  This is due to traffic diversions onto the new Red Oak Road.  The southern part of these streets  will have detour signage for alternate route to homeowners living on these street.

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Effective immediately, per order of the Ellis County Commissioners Court meeting of August 9, 2010, it is ordered that a Burn Ban is instituted and in effect for Ellis County, Texas, relative to all outdoor burning.  This order shall remain in effect for 90 days from the effective date of this order unless sooner expired by determination of the Texas Forest Service or the Ellis County Commissioners Court .  The City of Red Oak Fire Rescue will not allow any current burning or will be issuing any Burn Permits until the Burn Ban is lifted.

Tim Birdwell

Deputy Fire Chief/Fire Marshall/EMS

Red Oak Fire Rescue

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Potholes that need filling, barking dogs that need quieting, and graffiti that needs removing are now an iPhone tap away with the City’s new GORequest mobile app.  Download the app for free by clicking the logo below, by clicking GORequest in the sidebar, or by searching for GORequest in the App Store.

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