The Keller City Council on Aug. 19 approved a slate of consent-agenda measures, set the city’s maximum tax rate for the FY2026 budget process and amended the city secretary’s employment agreement following executive session.

Consent agenda: Council moved and approved consent items F1–F5, which included approval of minutes (July 15 and Aug. 5), a resolution approving FY 2025–26 vehicle replacement purchases from Volvo and Mack Trucks via the BuyBoard cooperative, purchase of a replacement backhoe from Associate Supply Company through BuyBoard, and awarding a construction contract for the Keller Service Center sanitary-sewer relocation project to R & L Construction LLC. The council’s motion to approve the consent items was made on the record and the items were approved without recorded opposition.

Tax rate and budget: City staff briefed council on the FY2026 proposed budget and recommended a maximum tax rate of 2.87 (the rate used in the proposed budget). Staff said the proposal maintains the city’s long-running policy of mitigating tax-rate increases while funding priorities such as streets, police, fire and sidewalk improvements. The presentation included the city’s decision to keep personnel increases modest, to fund additional one-time street maintenance and to continue replacement-fleet funding; staff proposed implementing the fee and budget actions in coming meetings and scheduled the budget adoption for Sept. 16. Council voted to set the maximum tax rate at 2.87.

Other ordinance and site votes: Council also approved — by recorded motions on the agenda — a specific-use permit for a detached accessory pool house at 2510 Fox Lane (H1) and a site-plan amendment for Summer Moon Coffee’s expanded patio at Town Center (H2). Council approved an update to the city’s wastewater pretreatment ordinance (H3) that incorporates technical local limits from the Trinity River Authority and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Executive session and employment contract: After a closed executive session, the mayor pro tem moved to amend the city secretary’s contract as discussed. The amendment provides a five-year term and a reduction in severance from 60 days to one month at the city secretary’s request; council approved the change on the record.

Ending: Staff will return with the finalized fee ordinance and the FY2026 budget adoption action on Sept. 16; the tabling of the Town Center EV charging SUP was set separately for Sept. 16.