Rosenberg adopts $43.7 million FY2025–26 budget, sets 30¢ tax-rate ceiling

The Rosenberg City Council voted to adopt the fiscal year 2025–26 budget and set a tax-rate ceiling of 30 cents per $100 valuation during its regular meeting, approving Ordinance No. 2025-26 and related tax-rate motions.

The adopted budget presents a balanced general fund with total revenues of $43,700,000, based on a staff-proposed 33-cent tax rate that the council later reduced to a 30-cent ceiling. "The proposed budget presented by staff to city council included a balanced general fund budget with total revenues of $43,700,000 supported by the proposed tax rate of 33¢," Louis, a city staff member who presented the proposal, said during the meeting.

Why it matters: the council’s decision reduces expected property-tax revenue by about $1,476,950 compared with the staff proposal; council directed staff to use the city’s fund balance to offset that shortfall rather than cut the expenditure levels proposed for city services. The meeting record shows the council also approved separate roll-call motions setting the overall 30¢ tax-rate ordinance (Ordinance No. 2025-27), a maintenance-and-operations rate of 0.18298, and an interest-and-sinking (debt) rate of 0.11702.

Most important facts

- Revenues and tax-rate tradeoff: The budget package adopted includes $43.7 million in general-fund revenues and incorporated council’s decision to cap the tax-rate…