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Mesquite officials weigh tax‑rate options, budget tradeoffs at Saturday workshop
Summary
City officials heard department budgets, discussed a likely voter‑approval tax‑rate option and set next steps for public hearings and a final decision in August.
Mesquite — City officials held a Saturday budget workshop to review department requests, proposed utility and program fee changes, and options for the city’s tax rate as staff prepares final numbers for August decisions.
City Manager Cliff (City Manager) told the council the workshop is intended to shape the final fiscal‑year 2026 budget and the city’s tax‑rate decision, saying the exercise “gives us the opportunity to look at where we want our community to go in the next 5, 10, 15, 25 years.”
Why it matters: Mesquite’s preliminary tax roll shows unusually strong growth in taxable value in 2025. That growth gives the council room for revenue, but state “truth in taxation” rules and Senate Bill 2 limits mean the council must choose whether to set the no‑new‑revenue tax rate (which preserves existing levy but captures new value), the voter‑approval rate (which allows about 3.5% more…
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