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Friendswood council keeps city tax rate unchanged for 2025-26; council approves ordinance
Summary
The Friendswood City Council held a public hearing and voted unanimously to adopt a tax rate for fiscal 2025–26 that keeps the city portion unchanged from the prior year; council noted the city did not control property appraisals.
The Friendswood City Council on Sept. 8 held a public hearing on the proposed fiscal 2025–26 tax rate and adopted an ordinance that sets the city's combined ad valorem rate at 0.514172 per $100 of assessed value, the same city rate as the prior year. Rhonda Velasquez, Friendswood finance director, told the council that the budget adopted Aug. 25 assumed a tax…
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