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Harlingen commissioners set proposed 2025 tax rate after budget workshop; staff recommends small cut
Summary
City staff presented FY2025–26 budget figures and recommended a modest reduction to the proposed tax rate. Commissioners supported a lower rate while staff said the budget can absorb the revenue loss but flagged future state changes and rising personnel costs as risks.
Harlingen city staff presented the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget and asked the City Commission to set a proposed tax rate following a workshop discussion that laid out revenue calculations and planned expenditures.
Finance staff said the city’s “no new revenue” tax rate calculates to 0.509129 per $100 of valuation and the voter-approval rate is 0.52856 per $100. Staff said the city’s current adopted rate is 0.527524 per $100; the budget was prepared using the current rate. Robert (finance staff) provided those calculations and the comparative revenue impacts of reducing the rate.
The commission directed staff to proceed with a modest cut below the current rate. Gabe (staff) recommended trimming the rate by 0.0025 from the voter-approval rate, and the commission later set a…
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