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College Station adopts FY 2026 budget, sets property tax rate at 0.511872 per $100 after debate
Summary
Council approved a $474.2 million FY 2026 budget and adopted a property tax rate of 0.511872 per $100 assessed valuation (debt 0.202668; O&M 0.309204). The budget vote was unanimous; the tax‑rate vote passed 6–1 amid concern about looming state caps on future increases.
The College Station City Council approved the fiscal 2026 budget and set the city’s ad valorem tax rate during its Aug. 28 meeting.
Council voted 7–0 to adopt the proposed FY 2026 budget of $474,225,698. Later in the meeting the council adopted a property tax rate of 0.511872 per $100 assessed valuation (debt service at 0.202668; maintenance and operations at 0.309204) on a recorded vote of 6–1; Councilmember Yancey cast the lone dissenting vote.
Finance staffer Mary Ellen Leonard described the technical distinctions the council had considered earlier in the agenda: the…
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