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Bandera council adopts 2025–26 budget and raises property tax rate to $0.569939 per $100
Summary
The Bandera City Council on Aug. 26 adopted the fiscal 2025–26 budget and approved a property tax rate of 0.569939 per $100 of taxable value, a package the council said raises total property taxes by $150,387.12 (about 20.36%) from the prior year.
The Bandera City Council voted 4–0 on Aug. 26 to adopt the city’s fiscal 2025–26 budget and to levy a property tax rate of 0.569939 per $100 of assessed value.
The adopted budget, read at the meeting, “will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by an amount of $150,387.12,” the document shows; the council recorded that figure as a 20.36% increase from the prior year. The council also set the no-new-revenue rate at 0.475618 per $100, the maintenance-and-operations portion at 0.459681, and the debt rate at 0.110258 per $100.
Why it matters: Adopting the budget and a tax rate starts the city’s fiscal year on Oct. 1 and funds routine operations and debt service. The tax-rate vote is a formal, record vote the council must take after the required public hearings.
Most important facts: Allison, a city staff member who presented the budget materials, told the council, “The budget you have in front of you is the same budget you had at the last workshop. No changes were made.” Councilmember Brett Hicks moved to adopt Ordinance No. 454 adopting the budget; Tony Gallo seconded. The motion passed 4–0 (Lynn Palmer absent). The council then voted to adopt Ordinance No. 455 to levy the tax rate; Brett Hicks made the motion and Jeff seconded; the record vote showed four ayes, zero nays.
Discussion and context: During the public hearing on the budget, staff said they had met with the mayor, the mayor pro tem, and council members and that no changes had been made since the workshop. The budget cover sheet presented to the council explicitly listed the dollar increase, the tax-rate numbers, and the city’s outstanding municipal debt obligations ($171,945 as read aloud at the meeting). The council also adopted Resolution 2025-029 to ratify the tax-rate increase; Tony Gallo moved and Jeff seconded that resolution, and the council approved it unanimously.
What the council said it would do next: Councilmembers noted that some line-item savings might move around during staffing changes and that budget amendments can be made later if needed. The council recorded the adoption of the budget and tax rate in the meeting minutes.
Ending: The budget and tax-rate ordinances were approved at the Aug. 26 meeting and take effect with the 2025–26 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025, unless amended by future council action.
