Katy - Fulshear | February 2026

Government

BY TOMER RONEN

Fulshear calls May 2 special election to increase general fund sales tax

Fulshear sales tax split Fulshear voters will determine whether to increase the city's general fund sales tax

Economic Development Corp.’s A-Board

General Fund

Fulshear voters will determine whether to increase the city’s general fund sales tax from 1% to 1.25%, while reducing one of the city’s Economic Development Corp. board’s sales tax from 0.5% to 0.25% during a May 2 special election. The special election was approved in a 4-1 vote at a Feb. 3 City Council meeting with District 5 council member Abhijeet Utturkar voting against. At-large council member Camron Miller and District 2 council member Patrick Powers were absent. Explained If approved, the special election would shift sales tax from the EDC’s ABoard to the general fund, rather than creating a Crime Control and Prevention District—which was suggested at a Jan. 20 meeting. The move would give the city more exibility with tax revenue, City Manager Zach Goodlander said.

The additional sales tax would amount to approx- imately $1.25 million—still below the $1.7 million city ocials are aiming to reach in police funding—but could also be used for other projects if City Council deems it necessary, Goodlander said. What they’re saying Fulshear EDC ABoard President Bryan White expressed concern about the potential move, naming Wallis Street drainage and downtown road projects as two that may stall with the proposed changes. “Multiple properties in the downtown district cannot be developed until these drainage problems are done,” White said. “Unless you have another plan, the downtown district will stay the way it is right now, which is no commercial development.” With no commercial development, there will

Economic Development Corp.’s B-Board

2%

0.5%

0.5%

1.5%

0.25%

0.5%

1%

1.25%

1%

0.5%

0%

Current

Proposed

SOURCE: CITY OF FULSHEARCOMMUNITY IMPACT

be no new sales tax to bring in, forcing the city to nd money elsewhere or put EDC-funded projects on hold.

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