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Pflugerville staff outline FY‑26 budget with service cuts, pool closures and hiring freeze
Summary
City staff told the Pflugerville City Council and PCDC board that rising costs, flat revenues and falling development fees require about $1.2 million in recurring reductions and several service cuts — including closing one city pool and reducing mowing and restroom cleaning frequency — as part of the FY‑26 budget assumptions.
Pflugerville city staff presented draft FY‑26 budget assumptions at a joint meeting with the Pflugerville Community Development Corporation (PCDC), telling elected officials that higher operating costs, slow development fee collections and healthcare inflation require significant spending reductions.
City finance staff said departments identified roughly $1.2 million in maintenance-and-operations reductions from the prior year. Senior staff said they froze most new hiring, removed several one‑time programs, reduced training and travel, and cut employee benefits such as tuition reimbursement and some recruitment bonuses to help balance the budget.
Tracy (city finance staff) described planned service adjustments affecting parks and recreation:…
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