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La Marque council adopts FY 2025–26 budget base and sets tax rate at 0.398501
Summary
City manager presented a balanced FY2025–26 budget built on the current tax rate of 0.398501. Council adopted the proposed tax rate by voice vote; the change increases revenue slightly because of higher property values and new construction, not a rate hike, officials said.
City Manager Holly presented a balanced fiscal 2025–26 budget to the La Marque City Council on Monday and recommended keeping the city's property tax rate at 0.398501. Council adopted that rate by voice vote after a daylong budget workshop.
Holly told the council that the budget as presented balances general and utility funds and reflects cuts made by the city's largest departments to meet the constraint of the current tax rate. "The tax rate that we're asking you to set is 0.398501, which is your current tax rate," she said during the workshop.
The budget documents that Holly reviewed show general fund revenues estimated at about $23.62 million and general fund expenditures at about $23.52 million, leaving an available buffer of roughly $99,000 in the…
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