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Stafford MSD trustees, City Council approve 2025-26 budget and set $1.002121 tax rate
Summary
Trustees and councilmembers voted unanimously Aug. 25 to approve Stafford Municipal School District's 2025-26 budget and to set a total ad valorem tax rate of $1.002121 per $100 valuation ($0.786900 M&O; $0.215221 debt service). The joint actions followed presentations from district leaders and a short public hearing.
Trustord Jacqueline Jean-Baptiste moved that the board "Approve the 2025-2026 budget as presented." The motion, seconded by Trustee Joyce Wilkins, passed on a roll-call vote of 7-0 by the SMSD Board; the City Council recorded parallel affirmative votes. The meeting took place Aug. 25 at the Scarcella Administration Building.
The approved total tax rate for the 2025 tax year is $1.002121 per $100 valuation. The district recorded the rate as $0.786900 for maintenance and operations and $0.215221 for debt service. The City Council adopted an ordinance to assess and collect ad valorem taxes for Stafford MSD for tax year 2025, with roll-call votes recorded as unanimous in the meeting minutes.
Superintendent Dr. Robert Bostic and Chief Financial Officer Dovran Ovezov presented the proposed budget and recommended rates before the votes. A brief public hearing was held; Joe Longoria spoke during public comment to "discuss his concerns regarding the budget and the bond," according to the minutes. Trustees, council members, and staff discussed the presentation and thanked staff for their work but recorded no amendments to the proposed numbers.
The board's adoption of the budget and the council's ordinance on tax collection together finalize the district's funding plan for the 2025-26 school year. Next procedural steps recorded in the minutes include ministerial steps by the district and city to publish the adopted rates and proceed with tax-rate administration.
