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Coppell CCPD board adopts FY2026–27 budget, removes $794,550 Coppell ISD reimbursement
Summary
The Coppell Crime Control and Prevention District board approved the FY2026–27 budget and amended it to remove a $794,550 salary reimbursement from Coppell ISD; the vote was unanimous among members present. The budget projects $5.2 million in revenues and $6.38 million in expenditures, using fund balance for the shortfall.
The Coppell Crime Control and Prevention District board voted June 9 to adopt the district’s FY2026–27 budget and amend it to remove a $794,550 salary reimbursement from Coppell Independent School District. Board member Kevin Neville moved the amendment; Mark Hill seconded. The roll-call vote recorded members Walker, Hosa, Smith, Carol Neville, Prem Kumar and Hill in favor; none opposed.
Jessica Almendes, budget manager in strategic financial engagement, presented the proposed budget and told the board total revenues are projected at about $5.2 million while expenditures are projected at about $6.38 million, with a planned use of fund balance of $1,177,480 to cover the gap. “The district is funded by a quarter-cent sales tax and all revenues must be used exclusively for crime-prevention programs and services,” Almendes said.
The revenue projection assumes a conservative approach to sales-tax receipts: Almendes said the budget models a portion of actual collections rather than the full tally, noting about a 45% reduction in the portion used for FY27 projections compared with full actuals. She also reported a $794,550 budgeted line for Coppell ISD salary reimbursements for school resource officers (SROs), which the board removed through its amendment.
Board members pressed staff on several line items before the vote. Almendes confirmed salary and benefits for one SRO average about $125,000 and that total salary and benefits for FY27 are budgeted at roughly $2.289 million for 15 FTEs. She also confirmed the budget includes approximately $2.5 million for automatic license-plate reader cameras and software and roughly $1.61 million for North Texas Emergency Communication Center (NENTech) dispatch services, plus a one-time contribution to a regional radio replacement project.
Miss Tian, speaking for staff, said the resolution being adopted codifies the administrative practice that allows city staff to move money between accounts within the approved budget as long as the total budget does not increase; carryovers and encumbrances still require later council action. The board’s adoption forwards the CCPD budget to the Coppell City Council, which will review and consider adoption in its regular budget process.
The board also held the required public hearing on the budget; no members of the public signed up to speak. The meeting record shows the board closed the hearing and carried the resolution the same evening.
Next steps: the CCPD budget will be included in the city’s budget process; city council will consider the CCPD budget at a July strategic session and hold its public hearing in August, with the city’s overall budget and tax-rate hearing scheduled in September.
