Weselco accepts 2025 tax-rate calculation; public hearing set to adopt rate Sept. 16

Weselco's City Commission accepted the Hidalgo County tax office's calculation of the city's 2025 tax rates and set a public hearing Sept. 16 to consider adopting the final ad valorem rate.

Julio Espinosa of the Hidalgo County Tax Office presented the calculations and said, "The no new revenue rate is 0.639," and that "the voter approval rate is 0.6932." He noted the 2024 tax rate the city adopted was 0.6867. Staff told the commission these worksheets are for discussion and that accepting them does not itself change the tax rate.

The accepted worksheet shows the no-new-revenue rate — the rate that will raise the same total property tax revenue from the same properties as the prior year — at 0.639 per $100 of valuation. The voter-approval rate, the highest rate the city can adopt without holding an election, was listed at 0.6932. City staff and the mayor said the administration's proposed 2026 budget is balanced and recommended keeping the rate at the current 0.6867.

Commissioner Lopez moved to accept the tax-rate calculation worksheet and Commissioner Gonzales Jr. seconded; the motion passed by voice vote. The city noted state law requires a public hearing when a proposed rate is higher than the no-new-revenue rate; the commission scheduled the hearing for Sept. 16, 2025 and said it expects to consider adoption of the final rate at that meeting.

The action accepted the county's calculations for public notice and set the next procedural step: a scheduled public hearing where the commission may adopt an ordinance setting the 2025 ad valorem tax rate.

The city indicated staff will publish the required notices and return with ordinance language and any supporting budget documents at the Sept. 16 meeting.