Coppell council adopts $159.1 million 2025–26 budget, approves 0.444976 property tax rate

At its Aug. 26 regular meeting the Coppell City Council adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 budget for all funds and set the city portion of the property tax rate at 0.444976 per $100 of assessed value. The council also took the statutorily required separate vote to ratify that the budget raises more property‑tax revenue than the previous year.

The City—s Strategic Financial Engagement Director, Kim Teehan, presented the proposed budget, describing it as “a balanced budget” that uses a mix of revenue, one‑time fund balance and strategic shifts in staffing and vendor services to keep operating cost growth below recent inflation. The adopted all‑funds expenditure budget is $159,100,000 and proposed revenues are $151,100,000; the gap is covered by planned uses of fund balance for one‑time items.

Council members voted to close the public hearings (there were no public signups for the budget or the tax‑rate hearing) and to approve the budget and the tax actions. Votes on the record for the motions showed unanimous support from council members present. A separate ratification motion required by Texas law (Local Government Code…