Government
BY MELISSA ENAJE & EMILY LINCKE
Harris County raises property tax rates
Humble kicks o 2 Civic Center projects On Oct. 23, Humble City Council unan- imously approved about $1.15 million for the Humble Civic Center’s arena roof replacement and almost $183,000 to rebuild a chiller in the facility. About the projects The roof upgrade, which will be done by Garland/Design Building Solutions, is expected to be completed by January. The chiller project, which will be done by Hunton Services, will include replacing parts and cleaning and testing the electrical system. Ocials noted the project would not interfere with Civic Center events. City Manager Jason Stuebe said the roof project will cost less than the $1.2 million the city budgeted for in the scal year 2025- 26 budget, which was approved Sept. 11.
County Hospital District and the Port of Houston Authority on Sept. 24. The four rates make a combined county prop- erty tax rate of $0.6241 per $100 of valuation, an increase from the FY 2024-25 tax rate of $0.6038. The 0.55% increase will raise taxes on a $100,000 home by approximately $2.42 annually. The county’s tax rate document states the no-new-revenue tax rate will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year’s tax rate. Over the last decade, taxes and service charges accounted for over 90% of the county’s general fund revenue.
Harris County commissioners unanimously approved an increase in the county’s scal year 2025-26 no-new-revenue property tax rate Nov. 4. The breakdown Commissioners adopted the $2.76 billion FY 2025-26 general fund budget and tax rates for the Harris County Flood Control District, Harris
Harris County’s total tax rate over time
Total tax rate (per $100 valuation)*
-0.92%
$0.6 $0.8 $0.4 $0.2 0
$0.6299 $0.6299 $0.6117 $0.5992
$0.6038 $0.6241
$0.5813 $0.5305
$0.5302
2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
2024-25 2025-26
*THE TOTAL TAX RATE INCLUDES THE TAX RATES FOR HARRIS COUNTY, THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, THE HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND THE PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY.
SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTYCOMMUNITY IMPACT
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