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White House adopts 2025–26 budget and sets tax rate above 2024 certified level
Summary
The White House Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved Ordinance 25-05 on second reading to adopt the fiscal 2025–26 budget and set a property tax rate higher than the 2024 certified rate; the measure passed on a roll-call vote with one recorded dissent.
The City of White House Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to adopt the fiscal year 2025–26 budget and a property tax rate exceeding the 2024 certified rate after a second-reading vote at its June meeting.
Mayor John Corbett opened the hearing on Ordinance 25-05, noting the ordinance covers the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. No members of the public signed up to speak during the required public hearing. On roll call the recorded responses were: Umland Matthews — No; Umland Sisk — Aye; Allen Spicer — Aye; Allen Wall — Aye; Mayor Corbett — Aye. The motion carried.
The board’s finance and staff presentations indicated the budget and tax-rate ordinance had been available at the prior meeting and that no revisions were made since the first reading. Officials did not offer an itemized breakdown in the hearing transcript; staff indicated the budget and the tax-rate change were part of the standard adoption process required before the start of the fiscal year.
The ordinance’s adoption authorizes city spending and the tax levy for the coming year and follows the formal public-hearing process on the proposed rate increase. The board took the final vote at the meeting and recorded the result; the budget and tax rate will take effect with the new fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.
