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Katy Council Adopts 2025–26 Budget, Keeps 2025 Tax Rate Steady
Summary
The Katy City Council on Sept. 22 adopted the 2025–26 budget and approved the tax rate components (0.050368 debt service; 0.374632 maintenance & operations), saying the overall rate remains the same as 2024. The budget raises $1,959,549 in total property taxes (8.16%), with $315,737 from new property.
KATY, Texas — The Katy City Council adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 budget on Sept. 22 and approved the related tax-rate components, keeping the city’s combined rate unchanged from 2024.
In a roll-call series of votes, council members approved a 0.050368 tax rate per $100 of assessed value for debt service and a 0.374632 rate per $100 for maintenance and operations. Council members recorded unanimous support among members present (Mayor Pro Tem Chris Harris and Councilmembers Janet Court, Gina Hicks and Dan Smith); Councilmember Robertson was absent. The public hearing on the proposed combined tax rate of 42.5 cents attracted no speakers.
The budget package adopted includes the city’s general and hotel-occupancy fund budgets and an appendix of fee schedule changes. City staff noted the adopted budget will raise $1,959,549 more in total property taxes than last year, an 8.16% increase; of that total, $315,737 is tax revenue from new property added to the tax roll.
Councilmembers asked staff questions before voting about how recent and proposed statewide propositions might affect homestead exemptions and school tax calculations; staff said county calculations provided by Fort Bend County were used in tax-rate calculations and that the state measures under discussion should not directly change the city’s rates.
Votes at a glance: the council approved the debt-service and maintenance-and-operations components, ratified additional revenue under Texas Local Government Code §102.007(c), and adopted an ordinance providing for the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes for 2025.
What happens next: With the ordinance adopted, the tax assessment and collection procedures for 2025 are in place; any administrative steps or publication requirements will be handled by the city secretary as provided in the ordinance.
