Government
BY KEVIN CUMMINGS & COLBY FARR
Lewisville’s budget increases tax rate Lewisville City Council approved the fiscal year 2024-25 budget at its Sept. 9 meeting. The FY 2024-25 general fund includes $137 million in expenses and $139 million in revenue, a $2 million surplus. Expenses increased almost 4% and revenue increased 3.4% from the FY 2023-24 budget, according to city documents. The details The new budget includes raising the property tax rate by $0.33 cents to $0.422435 per $100 valuation, according to city documents. This marks the fourth tax rate increase in almost 30 years in the city. This budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year’s budget by $6.15 million, which is a 7.02% percent increase.
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NCTCOG eyes new Cotton Belt Trail grant funding Regional officials plan to repackage a federal grant application for construction of the Cotton Belt Trail after action by the Regional Transporta- tion Council on Sept. 12. What’s happening? Council members will be reapplying through the
federal Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, as it features a larger pot of money for projects across the country. Staff with the North Central Texas Council of Governments want to repackage the grant application and include an additional portion of the trail running through Carrollton, Senior Program Manager Karla Windsor said. The details If awarded, the grant would fund more than 4 miles of the trail running through Addison, Coppell, Dallas and Carrollton and include an additional 1.17-mile section through Carrollton.
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