Sanger opens public hearings on fiscal 2025–26 budget and proposed property tax rate; vote on tax set for Sept. 2

The Sanger City Council opened public hearings on the city’s proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget and the proposed property tax rate during its Aug. 18 meeting and closed both hearings after no members of the public spoke. Mayor (unnamed) opened the budget hearing at 7:09 p.m. and closed it at 7:10 p.m., then opened the hearing on the proposed property tax rate at 7:10 p.m. and closed it at 7:11 p.m. The mayor told the council that a vote on the proposed property tax rate will be held at the council’s regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Sept. 2, 2025; anyone wishing to speak at that final vote was invited to attend. Why it matters: the budget and tax-rate hearings are required steps in the municipal budget process and set the schedule for the city’s final decisions about spending and the rate property owners will pay. No public speakers addressed either hearing on Aug. 18. The council did not take a final vote on either the budget or the property tax rate at the Aug. 18 meeting; the transcript records only the opening and closing of the hearings and the scheduling of the subsequent tax-rate vote. Background: the fiscal 2025–26 budget packet was available online before the meeting, according to the mayor. The transcript does not record further detail on revenue projections, expenditure changes, or whether the budget hearing included public submissions in advance. Looking ahead: the council’s Sept. 2 meeting is the scheduled point for a formal vote on the property tax rate; the transcript does not record any formal action on the budget at the Aug. 18 meeting and does not specify whether the council will take a separate final vote on the budget at that Sept. 2 meeting or at a different date.