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Garland council adopts $1.1 billion budget, raises property tax rate
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 property added to the tax roll; the motion passed unanimously.
Why it matters: The adopted budget funds city operations for the coming fiscal year and includes changes to user fees and service rates. The adopted tax rate was described by council as an effective 4.7% increase in the tax rate compared with the prior year.
Key actions and votes: Council unanimously approved: the consent agenda; ratification of property-tax revenue and the property-tax rate; the City Manager’s proposed operating budget; and a fee-and-rate ordinance tied to the budget. The tax-rate motion was carried in two parts: approval of the debt-service portion followed by the maintenance-and-operations portion, both passed unanimously.
Supporting details: Council discussion on the budget and tax items was brief; no members requested removal of consent items for separate consideration and there were no public comments on the tax-rate and budget hearings. On the consent agenda, the council approved minutes, award of library materials contracts, a grant disbursement agreement from the Garland Housing Finance Corporation and a resolution confirming civil service commissioner appointments, among other routine matters.
Council procedure: Councilmember Beard made the principal motions on the tax and budget items. The secretary prepared votes and the motions were recorded as passing unanimously unless otherwise noted in the record.
What’s next: The budget and the fee ordinance will be implemented by the city manager’s office and administrative departments. Specific program-level allocations and implementation steps will be carried out by city staff.
