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Liberty Hill council sets maximum proposed tax rate at no-new-revenue level, schedules public hearings

Liberty Hill City Council · August 13, 2025

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Summary

At its Aug. 13 meeting the Liberty Hill City Council set the maximum proposed tax rate at the no-new-revenue rate of $0.469407 per $100 valuation, adopted a resolution to schedule public hearings on the 2025–26 budget and tax rate for Aug. 27, and heard staff explain the implications for the budget.

Liberty Hill’s City Council voted on Aug. 13 to set the maximum proposed property tax rate for fiscal 2025–26 at the no-new-revenue rate of $0.469407 per $100 of valuation and scheduled public hearings on the proposed budget and tax rate for Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. at city hall.

Finance Director Josh Armstrong told the council that setting the rate is “the first step in finalizing the FY 25–26 budget process,” and that once the council sets the maximum it can adopt a lower rate but not a higher one. “We have built the budget around the no-new-revenue rate,” Armstrong said, adding that the no-new-revenue rate is lower than the current rate.

Councilmember [name on record: Speaker 1] moved to accept the notice of the no-new-revenue tax rate of 0.469407 per $100 valuation and the voter-approval tax rate of 0.486071; the motion was seconded and carried. The council then adopted Resolution 2025-R-051 to set the maximum proposed rate and schedule the required public hearings on Aug. 27, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Liberty Hill Council Chamber/municipal courtroom, 2801 Ranch Road 1869, Liberty Hill, TX 78642.

Armstrong emphasized that the budget team had based the proposed spending plan on the no-new-revenue assumption and that council’s action tonight preserves the option to adopt a lower rate at final consideration. The council took the vote by roll call and recorded unanimous support.