HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025/09/16-Agenda-City Council-Special CalledCITY COUNCIL AGENDA
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
FOR THE MEETING AT 5:30 PM, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
100 FORT WORTH TRAIL, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC HEARING
25-5439 (ALL) Conduct Public Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Proposed Budget
(PUBLIC HEARING - a. Staff Available for Questions: Cristi Lemon; b.
Public Comment; c. Council Action: Close Public Hearing)
25-5440 (ALL) Conduct Public Hearing on the Proposed 2025 Tax Rate
(PUBLIC HEARING - a. Staff Available for Questions: Brady Kirk; b.
Public Comment; c. Council Action: Close Public Hearing)
The City Council may convene in Executive Session in the City Council Executive Session
Room in order to conduct a closed meeting to discuss any item listed on this Agenda in
accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.
ADJOURNMENT
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CITY COUNCIL Agenda September 16, 2025
The location identified on this agenda is the location at which the presiding officer will be
physically present and presiding over the meeting. Members of the City Council may be
participating remotely in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act and the Council
Rules of Procedure.
According to the City Council Rules of Procedures, individual speaker presentations shall
be limited to a total of three minutes (i) for the consent agenda, regardless of the number
of consent -agenda items for which a person has registered, (ii) for the non -consent agenda,
regardless of the number of non -consent -agenda items for which a person has registered,
and (iii) for each zoning and public hearing. Group presentations shall be limited to a
total of six minutes for each type of item described in (i) through (iii).
At the Mayor's discretion or if requested by another City Councilmember or the City
Manager, the Mayor shall allow the public to speak on a particular consent -agenda or
non -consent -agenda item for three minutes per individual speaker and six minutes per
group representative. Also at the Mayor's discretion, time limits may be reasonably
adjusted
Fort Worth City
Hall and
the City Council Chamber
are wheelchair accessible. Persons
with disabilities who plan
to attend this meeting and
who may
need accommodations,
auxiliary aids, or
services
such as interpreters, readers,
or large
print are requested to
contact the
City's
ADA Coordinator at
(817)
392-8552 or e-mail
ADA@FortWorthTexas.gov
at least 72 hours prior to
the meeting so that appropriate
arrangements can
be made.
If the City does not receive
notification
at least 72 hours prior
to the meeting,
the City
will make a reasonable attempt
to
provide the necessary
accommodations.
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City of Fort Worth
Fiscal Year 2026 Budget and
HB1522 Taxpayer Impact Statement
The following table compares the City of Fort Worth property tax bill for a median -valued
homestead property for (1) the current fiscal year, (2) if the budget is adopted as proposed, and
(3) if the adopted budget were based on the no -new -revenue tax rate:
2024 Rate as
Adopted
Tax Rate
$0.672500
Median-
Tarrant
$234,256
valued
County
$1,575.37
homestead
Parker
$493,963
property
County
$3,321.90
City of Fort
Denton
$298,784
Worth Tax
County
$2,009.32
Bill
2025 Rate as 2025 No -New -
Proposed Revenue Rate
$0.670000 $0.659126
$237,002
$237,002
$1,587.91
$1,562.14
$516,186
$516,186
$3,458.45
$3,402.32
$296,475
$296,475
$1,986.38
$1,954.14
Although the City of Fort Worth extends into Johnson and Wise Counties, there are no taxable homesteads in either
of those counties.
Review the proposed FY2026 Fort Worth budget:
http s://www. fortworthtexas. gov/files/assets/public/v/2/the-fwlab/documents/budget-
analysis/fy2026-budget/recommended-budget/fy2026-recommended-book.pdf
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