CITY OF DEER PARK  
COUNCIL CHAMBERS  
710 E. SAN AUGUSTINE  
DEER PARK, TX 77536  
JUNE 22, 2026 - 5:00 PM  
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP - 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  
CALL TO ORDER  
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.  
BUDGET WORKSHOP  
DIS 26-032  
1. Discussion of the proposed budget for the City of Deer Park for FY  
2026-2027 that includes all funds, all revenues, all expenditures and all  
districts.  
Recommended Action:  
Discussion only in Workshop.  
ADJOURN  
As the City Secretary, I certify that a copy of the June 22, 2026, Council Budget Workshop agenda was posted in  
the glass case outside City Hall convenient and accessible to the general public at all times and to the City's  
website at www.deerparktx.gov in compliance with Chapter 551, Texas Government Code.  
Date and time posted _______________  
Date removed ___________  
________________________________  
Angela Smith, TRMC, CMC  
City Secretary  
City Hall is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Hearing assistance devices are  
available. Requests for accommodation services must be made 72 hours prior to any meeting. Please contact the  
City Secretary's office at 281-478-7248 for further information.  
TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT - NEXT PAGE  
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  
Not yet calculated  
Not yet calculated  
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FY 2026-2027  
No New Revenue Rate  
Not yet calculated  
Not yet calculated  
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Tax Rate per $100 Valuation  
Median Taxable Value Homestead $198,639.00  
Estimated Annual Tax Bill 1,430.20  
$
Under HB 1522 we are aware that any meeting that discusses the budget must have a proposed budget attached,  
however, that document does not exist at this time as this is a workshop to discuss said topic so there is no  
attachment.