The Tomball City Council on Aug. 25 ratified the city’s fiscal year 2025–26 budget and adopted a property tax rate of 0.34094 per $100 of assessed value. Council members voted 5–0 to ratify the budget and to set the separate components of the tax rate for debt service (0.15093) and maintenance and operations (0.190847).

Council members and staff said the adopted rate exceeds the “no-new-revenue” rate because property values and new properties added to the tax roll have increased. City staff presented the ratification required by the Texas tax code before final adoption of the tax rate.

City staff explained that, although the stated rate represents a 7.98% increase compared with the no-new-revenue calculation, the practical impact on individual homeowners is smaller because the calculation accounts for growth in taxable value. For example, council discussion included a staff calculation that a homeowner with a $300,000 taxable value would pay about $13.74 more per year to the City of Tomball under the adopted rate.

Council members emphasized budget discipline and staff work to limit the tax burden while funding city services. The vote followed a public hearing, during which no members of the public spoke on the proposed rate.

The council also approved separate motions ratifying the budget, adopting the debt service rate, and adopting the maintenance and operations rate, each by 5–0 votes. Staff said the budget includes the appropriations needed to cover the city’s planned operations and capital projects for 2025–26.

Council members said the budget and adopted rate reflect work to grow the city’s tax base through development while keeping the city’s structural costs under control. The council scheduled no further immediate actions on the budget at the meeting.