City of Azle Quarterly Newsletter November 2025 City Council Adopts 2025-2026 Budget Azle City Council adopted the City’s Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget at the August 25, 2025 council meeting. The City of Azle’s Fiscal Year begins October 1 and ends September 30. The goal in preparing this budget was to maintain levels of service and make improvements where possible. Taxable property value for this year is $1,936,455,157, which is an increase of 7.8% from last year’s certified total of $1,796,702,936. This increase includes $50,651,509 in new construction. As a result, Council approved a combined tax rate of $0.6246927 per $100 for FY2025-2026. The rate is $0.0106058 more than the FY2024-25 adopted tax rate. The City continues to be on a solid financial foundation as we prepare for the coming year. City Council and Staff work together to plan and prepare for the current and future needs of this growing city by managing growth and development, encouraging economic development, identifying and addressing infrastructure needs, and maintaining a financially sound and stable government. With that in mind, some accomplishments over the past year include: ● 2045 Comprehensive Plan Implementation in progress with several projects underway including Downtown Main St. Turnback Analysis, Transportation Alternatives Project, and TxDOT Green Ribbon Beautification grants/ projects. ● Completed street reclamation of S. Stewart Street and overlayed N. Stewart from the Service Road to James street, Dwight Drive, J.B. Smith Road, and Dennis Drive. ● Capital projects included continued renovation of the driving range at Cross Timbers Golf Course. ● Equipment and fixture purchases included: 3 ambulances (Fire); loader/backhoe (Streets/Stormwater), infield groomer (Parks), sprayer/spreader (Parks), ZTR mower (Parks), universal turf machine (Golf). ● Maintained water and sewer rates. ● Adopted a new 10-year Economic Development Strategic Plan.
FY 2025-2026 Budget includes: ● Three (3) new positions are included – EMS Coordinator (Fire), Maintenance Worker (Streets) and a part-time Clerk (Human Resources) ● The Street Maintenance Fund includes funds for the reclamation of Stribling Drive. ● Equipment and fixture purchases include a cement mixer (Streets/Stormwater), ½-ton pickup truck (Streets/ Stormwater), ¾-ton panel van (Utility Maintenance), and a dispatch console (Police). ● Capital projects include the Dunaway Lane Reconstruction Project, the Charles St. Lift Station/Force Main Upgrade Project, the Central Park Trail Improvement Project – Phase 2, shade structures over the bleachers at the Shady Grove Park ballfields, as well as the shade structure at Shady Grove Park, and the FM 730 N / SH 199 Intersection Landscape Improvements Project. ● Initiate a study to create a city-wide sidewalk/trail plan with an emphasis on the downtown area ($500,000 TxDOT grant of which the City pays 20%). Staff has made every effort to create a budget that will provide the services our citizens have come to expect and Staff will continue to seek improvements where they can be found. Furthermore, it is important to take a cautious approach in the coming year while at the same time intensifying our efforts to attract new businesses to Azle. For a complete look at the FY2025-2026 budget, visit the city’s website at https://city-azle-tx-cleardoc.cleargov. com/13506/793558/d.
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