CITY OF DEER PARK
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
710 E SAN AUGUSTINE
DEER PARK, TX 77536
AUGUST 18, 2026 - 7:30 PM
CITY COUNCIL MEETING - FINAL
Sherry Garrison, Council Position 1
TJ Haight, Council Position 2
Tommy Ginn, Council Position 3
Justin League, Council Position 4
Eric Ripley, Council Position 5
Georgette Ford, Council Position 6
James Stokes, City Manager
Sara Costlow, Assistant City Manager
Angela Smith, City Secretary
Jim Fox, City Attorney
Jerry Mouton Jr. , Mayor
Ordinance No. 4721
Resolution No. 2026-14
CALL TO ORDER
The 1906th meeting of the Deer Park City Council.
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE
The Mayor shall call upon those who have registered to address council in the order registered. There is a THREE
minute time limit. A registration sign up form is available in the Council Chambers and citizens must be registered
by five minutes prior to the start of the meeting time.
TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT
House Bill 1522, passed by the 89th Texas Legislature, amends section 551.043 of the Texas Government Code to
require that the notice of a meeting required to be posted under section 551.043(a) of the Texas Open Meetings
Act, at which a governmental body will discuss or adopt a budget for the governmental body, must include a
taxpayer impact statement showing, for the median-valued homestead property, a comparison of the property tax
bill in dollars pertaining to the property for the current fiscal year to an estimate of the property tax bill in dollars for
the same property for the upcoming fiscal year.
CITY OF DEER PARK - TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT
Description
FY 2025-2026
Adopted Tax Rate
$0.720000
FY 2026-2027
Proposed Tax Rate
$0.720000
FY 2026-2027
No New Revenue Rate
$0.712411
Tax Rate per $100 Valuation
Median Taxable Value Homestead $198,635.00
$201,629.00
$201,629.00
Estimated Annual Tax Bill
$ 1,430.17
$ 1,451.73
$
1,436.43
PRESENTATIONS
