BY GRANT CRAWFORD & KAMERYN GRIESSER
City allocates $236M to community investment Round Rock City Council approved a $543.9 million budget for fiscal year 2023-24 on Sept. 14, in addition to adopting a new property tax rate of $0.342 per $100 valuation. Overview The budget includes a $161.6 million general fund, $236.5 million in the city’s Community Investment Program and $146.3 million in other expenditures. The city allocated funding for 43 new staff positions within the budget, including six new firefighters, a fire reduction technician, five civilian positions providing police support, and four parks and recreation positions. Funding from the CIP budget will go to the city’s roads, utility infrastructure, trail system connections and wastewater treatment plant expansions. The property tax rate is $0.026 higher than the
Budget expenditures Round Rock’s FY 2023-24 budget includes:
$81 MILLION for police and fire services, including the Crisis Response Unit
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$38 MILLION for quality water and wastewater services as well as stormwater drainage $37 MILLION to operate and expand parks and recreation program/sports tourism programs/library
Former library to receive renovations Round Rock City Council approved the final portion of funding for the Paseo and Griffith Building Downtown Improvements Project on Sept. 28. The overview Council signed off on $10.7 million to reno- vate the city’s old public library to house the Round Rock Chamber. For a total cost of $19.5 million, the project includes a paseo from City Hall to the Round Rock Public Library.
SOURCE: CITY OF ROUND ROCK/COMMUNITY IMPACT
city’s no-new-revenue rate, which is the rate that would collect the same amount of revenue as last year. At this rate, the owner of a median taxable value home of $363,396 will pay $104 per month in property taxes—an $8 increase per month. Accord- ing to the city, the additional tax revenue will pay for the new public safety positions as well as staff- ing for the parks, library and other departments.
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