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Lockhart Council adopts FY2025–26 budget and raises tax rate; public raises cemetery and downtown concerns
Summary
The Lockhart City Council adopted a balanced fiscal year 2025–26 budget and approved a 0.5541 per $100 tax rate after public hearings in which residents urged more cemetery funding and urged consideration of a Main Street program instead of a visitor center.
The Lockhart City Council on an unanimous 7-0 vote adopted the city's fiscal year 2025'26 operating budget and approved a property tax rate of 55.41 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Assistant City Manager Joseph Rezendes said the budget is balanced for the year beginning Oct. 1, 2025, and ending Sept. 30, 2026, and that Ordinance 2025-19 implements the city's investment, financial and fund-balance policies.
The budget matters because it sets spending for police, fire, streets, parks and other core services; Joseph Rezendes told council that city property taxes comprise about 40% of the general fund and that the proposed tax rate splits into maintenance and operations and interest-and-sinking components.
During the required public hearing on the proposed budget, residents raised two recurring concerns. Frank Coggins, a Lockhart resident, urged the council to increase preservation and…
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