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Anna adopts $29.7 million FY2026 budget and raises property tax rate to fund police station
Summary
At its Sept. 9 meeting the Anna City Council adopted a balanced fiscal year 2026 budget, approved a property tax revenue increase and set a tax rate of $0.525073 — a 5.88% increase — with council members saying most of the additional revenue will fund a new police station and five public safety positions.
The Anna City Council on Sept. 9 adopted a $29.7 million fiscal year 2026 general fund budget and voted to increase the city's property tax rate to $0.525073, a 5.88% effective increase that councilmembers said is primarily intended to fund a new police station and add public-safety personnel.
Budget manager Terri Dobie told the council the adopted budget is balanced and that the rate "is generating $3,100,000 in additional revenue." She also said the state's Local Government Code requires a separate recorded vote when a budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than the previous year: "Section 102 of the local government code states that the adoption of a budget that will require raising more revenue from property taxes than in the previous year requires a separate vote of the governing body to ratify the property tax increase that is reflected in…
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