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Council receives budget primer outlining fund structure, calendar and tax-rate process
Summary
City staff presented a budget primer covering fund types, the five-year forecast, calendar of workshops/public hearings and the truth-in-taxation calculations; council set August dates for tax- and budget-related actions.
Jessica Amerindez, a city budget presenter, gave a detailed primer on the city’s budget process on June 24, describing funds, statutory hearing requirements and the schedule through adoption. "We are here tonight... to provide you a little bit more information to give you that foundational knowledge for the upcoming workshops for the budget season," Amerindez said.
Amerindez explained Coppell’s fund structure—general, debt service, special revenue, capital projects and permanent funds—and noted that public safety accounts for about 43% of the general…
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