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La Marque presents three draft FY27 budgets, warns of multi-year service cuts without new revenue
Summary
City officials previewed three draft FY27 budget scenarios — a no-new-revenue plan, a 3.5% property-tax scenario and a voter-approved option — and warned that, without recurring revenue or reserves, cuts totaling millions would be required and likely last several years.
W. Ferguson, a city official for the City of La Marque, opened a public meeting to present the first public draft of the fiscal year 2027 budget and to invite resident feedback. "Our goal is to try and help residents better understand the fiscal year 27 budget and the challenges associated," Ferguson said.
Ferguson told attendees staff prepared three rough-draft options for the general fund. The first, "no new revenue or reduced tax rate," would cut roughly $7–8 million from last year’s general fund budget — about a 25–28% reduction, which Ferguson described as "a severe reduction" that would force significant cuts to operations and services. The second option assumes a 3.5% increase in total property-tax collections, which Ferguson said is the maximum the council can approve without a citizen vote; staff…
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