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Wesco adopts FY2026 budget, keeps tax rate at 0.6867 while state notice must call it an 'increase'
Summary
The Weslaco City Commission adopted its FY2026 budget and set the ad valorem tax rate at 0.6867 per $100 valuation — the same rate as last year — but staff and the Hidalgo County chief appraiser said state law requires the public notice to be worded as a tax increase because rising property values mean the city will collect more revenue.
The Weslaco City Commission voted unanimously on Sept. 16 to adopt the city’s fiscal year 2026 budget and to set the city’s ad valorem tax rate at 0.6867 per $100 valuation, the same rate as the prior year. The budget ordinance was approved on final reading after staff said the only addition since workshops was a construction fund.
Rolando Garza, chief appraiser for the Hidalgo County Appraisal District, told the commission the district certified taxable values for Weslaco at approximately $3.3 billion — about a 10% increase from last year — and that 69,715 protests had been filed this cycle. Garza said the…
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