Government
BY PATRICIA ORTIZ, CONNOR PITTMAN & CODY THORN
Fort Worth OKs $180M water plant project A water expansion project coming to Fort Worth will impact the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The setup During an Aug. 26 Fort Worth City Council meet- ing, a nancial agreement with the Texas Depart- ment Water Development Board was approved for an expansion project at Eagle Mountain Water Treatment Plant. The expansion will deliver an additional 35 million gallons per day to the city, which will then be available to 33 wholesale customer cities. The agreement is part of the State Water Imple- mentation Fund for Texas Program with a 14% interest rate, according to city documents. Eagle Mountain Water Treatment Plant currently delivers 105 million gallons of water per day, and expansion will raise capacity by 33.3%, according to city documents.
Denton County adopts $452M budget Denton County commissioners unan- imously approved adopting a more than $450 million budget and lower tax rate at its meeting Sept. 9. The $452.2 million scal year 2025-26 budget includes funding for new employees, including around eight additional positions for the county auditor’s o ce, according to county documents. Denton County Budget O cer Alejandro Moreno said the adopted budget is $35.7 million more than the scal year 2024-25 budget—an 8.58% increase. The overview The adopted tax rate for FY 2025-26 is $0.185938 per $100 of assessed value, which is a reduction from $0.185938 per $100 of assessed value for the 2024-25 scal year.
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Retail service area: 450 sq. miles Wholesale service area: 770 sq. miles
SOURCE: CITY OF FORT WORTH WATER COMMUNITY IMPACT
Approved Keller budget lowers property tax rate The scal year 2025-26 operating budget for the city of Keller will be used mostly on personnel services and would lower the property tax rate for homeowners. The breakdown Keller o cials approved an operating budget of $111.3 million at a regular meeting Sept. 16. Keller o cials also approved a $0.287 tax rate for FY 2025-26, which is a $0.004 decrease from FY 2024-25. This is the seventh consecutive year o cials approved a “no new revenue” tax rate. The approved budget will decrease by about $3.5 million from the previous scal year. City Manager Aaron Rector said most of the funds will go toward the general fund and the water and wastewater fund.
Operating budget
General: $47.3M Water and Wastewater: $32.2M
Improvements: $2.9M Crime Control and Prevention District: $2.3M Drainage Utility: $2M
Other: $7.6M Development
Corporation: $5.1M Self Insurance: $5M Debt Service: $3.5M The Keller Pointe: $3.4M Street and Sidewalk
Total: $111.3M
SOURCE: CITY OF KELLER COMMUNITY IMPACT
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