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Gun Barrel City council adopts 2025-26 budget, restores employee raises and holds property tax rate at 0
Summary
The Gun Barrel City Council on Oct. 28 adopted the city's fiscal year 2025-26 budget, approved step raises for eligible employees and allocated $25,212 from the capital improvement fund to buy an administrative police vehicle. The council also set the city's property tax rate at 0% for the coming year.
The City Council of Gun Barrel City adopted the fiscal year 2025-26 budget on Oct. 28, voting to restore step raises for eligible employees and to allocate $25,212 from the capital improvement fund toward a police administration vehicle.
City Manager Dr. Smith, the budget sponsor, told the council the document presented was a proposed budget and reiterated it remained subject to final checks: "it is a proposed budget until it gets approved." He reviewed the strategic priorities that guided the plan and said the process includes additional checks and possible midyear amendments.
City Treasurer Mickey Rainey delivered the year-to-date financial overview through Aug. 30,…
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