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Live Oak council directs staff to finalize 2025–26 draft budget, sets 3% COLA assumption
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Live Oak, Texas — At a special workshop on July 22 the City of Live Oak City Council reviewed the 2025–26 draft budget and gave staff direction to finalize the working document for publication.
Live Oak, Texas — At a special workshop on July 22 the City of Live Oak City Council reviewed the 2025–26 draft budget and gave staff direction to finalize the working document for publication. Council directed staff to proceed using the no-new-revenue property tax posture, to present the finalized draft to the city secretary in early August, and to budget a 3% market adjustment for employee wages.
The draft presented to council showed a largely flat overall budget for the coming year, driven in part by the completion of the city’s 2022 street bond projects. Finance staff said they are keeping total full‑time staffing at 122 positions and using an estimated $2.69 million from fund balance to help balance the…
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