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Fulshear weighs police pay plan and ballot options; council votes to call May special election
Summary
Council members reviewed a multi-year police pay plan with a $1.7 million first-year cost estimate and debated funding paths: a voter-approved Crime Control & Prevention District, an M&O tax-rate increase, or reallocating EDCA sales-tax dollars to the general fund; council voted to call a May 2, 2026 special election on a sales-tax reallocation.
City staff reported a three-year plan to raise police compensation toward peer-city medians, targeting the 55th percentile in year one, 65th in year two and 75th in year three. The plan includes new positions, benefits, vehicles and other recurring costs. Staff estimated the first-year recurring cost at about $1.7 million over current spending, followed by additional costs estimated at roughly $1.5 million and $1.0 million in subsequent fiscal years; dispatch program costs were projected at about $1.3 million by fiscal year 2030.
Council examined three principal funding approaches: relying on new taxable value on the roll, a voter-approved maintenance & operations (M&O) tax-rate increase, or reallocating sales tax presently collected by the EDCA A board. The…
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