Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Budget topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Seagoville staff previews 2026–27 budget priorities, flags street and drainage projects
Summary
Finance Director Kim Quinn outlined preliminary 2026–27 figures, identifying police patrol vehicle replacements, continued investment in body cameras and Flock cameras, $100,000 for citywide restriping, a $350,000 milling/overlay budget for residential streets and a $1 million design allocation for Saginaw Boulevard drainage phase work.
Finance Director Kim Quinn told the Seagoville City Council on June 18 that staff will deliver the city’s proposed 2026–27 budget in stages to avoid overwhelming the council and public. Quinn said sales tax remains the primary city revenue source and explained how Seagoville’s two cents of sales tax is divided: one cent for general funds and the other cent split between a general-fund offset and specific local uses.
Quinn described the public-safety portion of the budget: the CCPD (police) fund supports 12 officers, one jailer and a records supervisor, and the department is proposing to replace three patrol vehicles and continue funding technology including body cameras and Flock roadway cameras. "This fund pays for 12 officers, one jailer, and a record supervisor," Quinn said.
On transportation, Quinn proposed $100,000 for citywide restriping and about $350,000 for milling and overlay of residential streets, with specific project locations to be determined after the city’s pavement management study is returned. She said staff will roll unfinished projects into the next fiscal year if county schedules or utility relocations delay construction.
Quinn also reviewed the drainage utility fund, financed by a monthly fee (residential $6/month), which pays for drainage staff and equipment. She said the current budget includes approximately $1 million for final design of Phase 1 of the Saginaw Boulevard drainage project, a large multi‑phase effort that staff intends to parcel into smaller, buildable projects.
Council members pressed staff for more detail on street-maintenance revenue and timing. Public‑works staff warned striping costs have risen and that seasonal windows affect scheduling. Council and staff agreed the pavement management study will be a critical input for finalizing the proposed street program when the budget binder and line-item detail arrive later this summer.
What’s next: staff will continue monthly budget workshops, present a CIP update at the first July meeting and hold a budget retreat on July 11; formal public hearings and adoption dates will follow the tax-rate and revenue calculations.
Provenance: Topic introduction at SEG 069; last related discussion SEG 436.
