Earth Day Clean It and Green It Event

This year, the Clean It and Green It event is going virtual giving you the freedom to clean-up litter at your convenience between April 22nd and April 26th within the city limits of Port Lavaca. Get together a team or register as an individual. We can all make an impact! Register your team: Use the link …

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Mandatory Language for a Maximum Contaminant Level Violation MCL, LRAA/TTHM

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has notified the CITY OF PORT LAVACA TX0290002 that the drinking water being supplied to customers had exceeded the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for total trihalomethanes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has established the MCL for total trihalomethanes to be 0.080 milligrams per liter (mg/L) based …

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Notice Of Public Hearing On Tax Increase

A tax rate of $0.8000 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of City of Port Lavaca.   PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.8000 per $100   NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE $0.7689 per $100   VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.8564 per $100 The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2024 tax year that …

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Notice of Public Hearing Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget

This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $300,615 or 5.81%, and of that amount, $101,676 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year. The City Council of the City of Port Lavaca, Texas, will hold a public hearing on the Fiscal …

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From The Desk Of Development Services (August 2024)

Port Lavaca has long been permitting through paper applications. Starting late-August, permitting, inspections, and code enforcement are going digital! The website will look a little different as we add this new self-service portal however, it will be easier to track your project from start to finish as you receive emails when your submission is reviewed, …

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From The Desk Of Development Services (July 2024)

There is new Code Enforcement personnel in town and you may have already seen or met Bradly Shaffer driving around inspecting yards for code compliance. After being on route for a few weeks there are a few codes from the City of Port Lavaca ordinances he would like for you to know after the recent …

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Public Notice: US Army Corp of Engineers

PURPOSE OF PUBLIC NOTICE: To inform you of a proposal for work in which youmight be interested. It is also to solicit your comments and information to better enableus to make a reasonable decision on factors affecting the public interest. The U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers (Corps) is not the entity proposing or performing the proposed …

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TCEQ – Maximum Contaminant Level

Mandatory Language for a Maximum Contaminant Level ViolationMCL, LRAA/ TTHM The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has notified the CITY OF PORT LAVACA TX0290002 that the drinking water being supplied to customers had exceeded the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for total trihalomethanes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has established the MCL for …

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