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El Campo staff present FY2026 budget with no raises, propose no‑new‑revenue tax rate
Summary
City staff presented a roughly $28.7 million FY2026 budget at a Sept. 15 workshop, proposing a no‑new‑revenue tax rate of 0.49144 and outlining $232,000 in general‑fund cuts after a $656,000 sales‑tax shortfall; staff said there will be no action tonight and asked council for direction next week.
At a Sept. 15 budget workshop, El Campo staff presented a proposed FY2026 budget totaling about $28.7 million and asked the City Council for guidance ahead of the ordinance that must be adopted next week under the city charter. Staff said the proposed tax rate is the no‑new‑revenue rate of 0.49144 and emphasized that the package contains no across‑the‑board pay raises or new general‑fund positions.
The city manager told the council the budget process begins months earlier with detailed, line‑by‑line reviews of every position and that the FY2026 package had been tightened after a fall in sales tax. “We cut…
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