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Lexington council approves 2025–26 budget, adopts 0.3870 tax rate and OKs $10,000 Water Well #7 payment
Summary
At a Sept. 15 special meeting, the Lexington City Council approved the proposed 2025–26 budget, adopted a 0.3870 tax rate (a 3.50% increase in total city taxes) and authorized a $10,000 principal payment on the Water Well #7 loan at Round Top State Bank.
LEXINGTON, Texas — The Lexington City Council approved the proposed 2025–26 budget and adopted a 2025 tax rate of 0.3870 per $100 of assessed value during a special meeting Monday evening.
Councilperson Bobby Wesner moved to approve the 2025–26 budget; Councilperson Anthony Retzlaff seconded the motion. The meeting minutes record the motion as adopted. The minutes include a vote line for the budget motion that is not presented as a clear numerical tally in the transcript text.
On a separate motion, Councilperson Bobby Wesner moved to adopt the tax rate of 0.3870 per $100, which the minutes state raises total city taxes by 3.50%; Councilperson David Mason seconded the motion. The minutes record the motion as adopted but do not present an explicit, unambiguous roll-call tally in the transcript.
The council also approved a motion by Councilperson Anthony Retzlaff, seconded by Councilperson David Mason, to pay an additional $10,000 on the principal of the loan for Water Well #7 at Round Top State Bank. That payment is recorded in the minutes as passing with a 5-0 vote.
Mayor Allen Retzlaff opened the Sept. 15 special session at 5:15 p.m. The meeting later moved into an executive session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551.074 to discuss personnel matters before reconvening for additional action and adjournment.
The minutes do not specify further budget line-item changes, revenue or expenditure breakdowns tied to the adopted budget; such details were not provided in the transcript and are therefore not reported here.
