CITY & COUNTY
News from Cedar Park, Leander, Travis & Williamson counties
QUOTE OF NOTE
Leander's FY 202223 budget about $150 million more than Cedar Park's
Cedar Park City Council meets Oct. 13 and 27 at 7 p.m. at 450 Cypress Creek Road, Bldg. 4, Cedar Park. 512-401-5000. www.cedarparktexas.gov Leander City Council meets Oct. 10 and 20 at 6 p.m. at 201 N. Brushy St., Leander. 512-528-2743. www.leandertx.gov Travis County Commissioners Court meets Oct. 4, 18 and 25 at 9 a.m. at 700 Lavaca St., Austin. 512-854-9020. www.traviscountytx.gov Williamson County Commissioners Court meets Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25 at 9:30 a.m. at 710 S. Main St., Georgetown. 512-943-1100. www.wilco.org MEETINGS WE COVER CITY HIGHLIGHTS WILLIAMSON COUNTY The Commissioners Court voted Aug. 30 to adopt a $505 million budget for scal year 2022-23, which includes $5 million for 47 new full-time positions. The commissioners also set the tax rate of $0.378608 per $100 valuation, an amount that is $0.065 less than the current total tax rate. The rate will decrease property taxes on the average homestead residence by approximately $100 next year. TRAVIS COUNTY The Central Health board of managers approved its $300.75 million scal year 2022-23 budget Sept. 7. The budget increased more than $20 million from last year, funded in part by an increase in property tax revenue and tobacco litigation settlement, which together brought in $286.1 million. Central Health lowered its property tax rate to $0.09868 per $100 valuation—down from $0.11181. Travis County Commissioners have approved the budget and tax rate. “I’M REALLY PROUD TO SEE THE INVESTMENT IN OUR PEOPLE; IT’S REALLY A WONDERFUL THING; AND WE HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL PEOPLE; AND WE LIKE TO SEE THEM BE REWARDED.” CEDAR PARK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ERIC BOYCE, ABOUT THE CITY’S BUDGET
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allocates $68.5 million to the general fund. It includes 44 new positions. It also has $110.5 million for water and wastewater projects, $36.6 million for transportation projects and $8.7 million for park projects. Leander City Council ratied a tax rate of $0.455262—a $0.024437 decrease from the FY 2021-22 tax rate of $0.479699—at its Sept. 15 meeting. By comparison, Cedar Park City Council adopted a $187.7 million budget and set a tax rate of $0.39 for FY 2022-23 at its Sept. 8 meeting. This is Cedar Park’s lowest tax rate since 1998, according to the city. The tax rate is a $0.042 decrease from the FY 2021-22 tax rate of $0.432. The budget allocates $74.8 million to the general fund, and includes $42.4 million for transportation proj- ects, $19.9 million for parks projects and $4.7 million for facilities projects. Under the budget, Cedar Park’s police department will launch a specialized mental health unit.
CEDAR PARK & LEANDER For scal year 2022-23, Leander adopted a bigger budget and higher tax rate than Cedar Park. Leander’s $329.3 million budget approved by City Council on Sept. 1
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COMPARING CITY BUDGETS
Leander City Council adopted a larger budget and higher tax rate than Cedar Park for scal year 2022-23. Overall city budget
228 Hoot Owl Ln N, Leander, Texas 78641 $499,900 4bed 3bath 2581 sqft Jennifer Adams (512) 736-4582
$329.3M
Leander
$187.7M
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$0.455262
Leander
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2121 Ariella Dr, Cedar Park, Texas 78613 $630,000 4bed 4bath 3,414 sqft Emily Shelton (512) 924-3233
Cedar Park City Council green lights new purchase from Community Sculpture Garden
BY ZACHARIA WASHINGTON
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CEDAR PARK City Council approved purchasing the sculpture “Wings” by Kirk Seese from the Cedar Park Com- munity Sculpture Garden on Aug. 25. The city’s Parks, Arts and Commu- nity Enrichment Advisory Board said the piece is tting for Cedar Park’s per- manent collection due to its pleasing aesthetic and durable construction, according to city documents. Every year, city ocials select new sculptures that will be on display at the Community Sculpture Garden, which is located at 1435 Main St., adjacent to the recreation center. Several sculptures have been pur- chased by the city in the past, some of which are located at Milburn Park, the Sculpture Garden, the HEB Center and City Council’s meeting space. The “Wings” sculpture cost $7,500, according to city documents. This purchase will be funded through Cedar Park’s public art fund.
City Council approved the purchase of the sculpture “Wings” from the Cedar Park Community Sculpture Garden.
2912 Bellamy Cir, Cedar Park, Texas 78613 $595,000 3bed 2bath 2055 sqft Tom Dove (512) 923-2042
Twenty-ve sculptures were submitted for review for the 2022-23 display year. Board members evalu- ated them based on criteria such as aesthetics and variety. The board recommended seven selections and two alternates to City Council. One of the main selections was replaced with an alternate due
to encouraging plastic waste. Sculptures will be installed October 7-14.
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