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Temple council hears scope of proposed 2025–26 budget and six-year business plan

5423148 · July 18, 2025
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City Manager presented the proposed FY2025–26 budget as the final year of a six-year business plan, outlining capital projects, staffing increases and revenue pressures including statewide veterans’ property tax exemptions. Council opened a public hearing and gave staff direction for adjustments.

City Manager Miss Myers presented the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget and the six-year business plan during a public hearing at the Temple City Council meeting July 17, outlining major capital projects, new personnel requests and revenue pressures facing the city.

Myers said the budget is the last year of the city’s first six-year business plan, a framework the council first adopted in 2019. “This planning effort helps us show how one piece fits into the bigger picture,” Myers said, describing the plan’s five focus areas: high-performing organization, communication and collaboration, places and spaces, smart growth, and health and safety.

Myers told council the city has passed 100,000 residents and ranks among the…

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