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Votes at a glance: Council sets September public hearings on tax rate and FY26 budget
Summary
The Richardson City Council moved and approved public hearing dates on the proposed tax rate and the proposed FY26 budget. The motions passed on voice votes; council recorded the tax-rate hearing motion with an initial video‑related discrepancy that staff later noted in the record.
The council took two formal actions at the end of the budget workshop to schedule the required public hearings for the tax rate and the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget.
Councilmember Dorian moved to set a public hearing on the proposed tax rate for September 8, 2025 (rate included in the motion: 0.54218 per $100 valuation). Councilmember Shamsul seconded. The chair called the vote and staff recorded the motion as passing. After a brief procedural exchange about a member’s video feed, staff noted a technical issue and said the official tally for that vote would reflect the video status; the motion was recorded in the meeting record as passed.
Councilmember Dorian then moved to set a public hearing on the proposed FY2025–26 budget for September 15, 2025; Councilmember Shamsul seconded. The motion passed on a recorded voice vote with the mayor pro tem later shown on video and the item entered as passing 7–0.
Actions (from meeting): • Motion: Set public hearing on proposed tax rate for 09/08/2025 — mover: Councilmember Dorian; second: Councilmember Shamsul; outcome: passed (voice vote; meeting record indicates the motion passed; staff noted a subsequent video‑feed clarification about one member’s voting status). • Motion: Set public hearing on proposed FY2025–26 budget for 09/15/2025 — mover: Councilmember Dorian; second: Councilmember Shamsul; outcome: passed (voice vote recorded 7–0).
Ending: Staff said they will publish the required notices and include the hearings in the public schedule for September reporting and the formal proposed budget filing on September 15.
