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Garland council adopts $1.1 billion budget, raises property tax rate

5706779 · September 2, 2025
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Summary

The Garland City Council unanimously adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 budget, ratified a property tax revenue increase and set a 68.9746¢ per $100 property tax rate; related fee and rate ordinances also passed.

The Garland City Council on Sept. 2 adopted the city manager’s proposed fiscal year 2025–26 operating budget, ratified a property-tax revenue increase and set a property-tax rate of 68.9746 cents per $100 of valuation.

Council members voted unanimously to approve the budget and related ordinances after formally opening and closing public hearings with no speakers. Councilmember Beard moved to ratify a property-tax revenue increase of $10,269,877 from last fiscal year’s budget, specifying that $3,805,763 of that amount would come from new…

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