Title
Consideration of and action on an ordinance adopting the FY 2025-2026 Budget for the City of Deer Park.
Body
Summary:
City staff began working on development of the FY 2025-2026 Budget during the early spring of 2025 when each department was asked to begin planning for the new fiscal year including consideration of cost cutting measures. A budget workshop was held on June 23, 2025 to assist in the preparation of the proposed budget. A public hearing on the proposed budget was held on August 5, 2025. It is now time for Council to consider action on the final FY 2025-2026 Budget, which includes several changes from the Proposed FY 2025-2026 Budget presented to Council on July 15, 2025. These proposed changes are itemized on the attached Explanation of Changes.
With these changes, the final proposed budgeted expenditure totals by fund are as follows:
General Fund – $57,703,324
Water & Sewer Fund – $16,745,612
Debt Service Fund – $12,218,911
Special Revenue Fund – $1,336,471
Capital Improvements Fund – $22,537,795
Asset Replacement Fund – $2,249,849
Storm Water Utility Fund – $667,873
Golf Course Lease Fund – $598,240
Dow Active Complex - $2,289,719
TOTAL ALL FUNDS – $116,347,794
Note: The FY 2025-2026 budgets for the Crime Control and Prevention District ("CCPD"), the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District ("FCPEMSD"), and the Deer Park Community Development Corporation ("DPCDC") were adopted pursuant to applicable laws and are in addition to the amounts above. These budgets, which are included in the City's budget as "component units", reflect total expenditures as follows:
CCPD – $2,799,478
FCPEMSD – $2,213,702
DPCDC – $7,961,744
Fiscal/Budgetary Impact:
N/A.
Recommended action
Take a record vote to approve the ordinance adopting the FY 2025-2026 Budget for the City of Deer Park. (Note: the vote to adopt the budget must be a record vote pursuant to Local Government Code, Chapter 102, Section 102.007).