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El Campo sets tax-rate ceiling at 0.49144; staff outlines budget changes to balance 2026 plan
Summary
Council members accepted the 2025 certified property tax roll and set a ceiling for the 2025 proposed tax rate at the no-new-revenue rate (0.49144). Staff outlined budget balancing moves including a 3% sales-tax rebound assumption, increases in water/sewer fees, a $127,000 permitting revenue bump and utility fund transfers.
The El Campo City Council accepted the 2025 certified property tax roll and on a separate record vote set the tax-rate ceiling at the state'defined no-new-revenue rate of 0.49144.
Staff (Speaker 5) presented the certified roll from the Wharton County chief appraiser and pointed council members to the taxable values in the meeting packet. Council asked about approximately $66 million in values that remain "under review" and how those figures are treated; staff said assessors typically use a percentage of that value for…
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