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The city of Seguin is preparing to open new park amenities at Bauer Park located on College Street. A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for next week. See story on page 2.
FY 2023-24 budget, tax rate approved for city of Seguin Darren Dunn
(Seguin) -- The city of Seguin wrapped up its budget process during Tuesday night's meeting of the Seguin City Council. The council approved the budget and tax rate for the new fiscal year, which begins on October 1. City Manager Steve Parker says the budget calls for a tax rate of 51.25 cents per $100 of property valuation, which will cover general fund expenditures just shy of $50 million. Parker says the budget addresses some needs in the city, while also reducing the overall tax rate, when compared to the current rate. “The city is working really hard to be good stewards of our taxpayer’s money. We are excited that we are able to reduce the tax rate by a penny this year and hopefully that trend can continue as long as we start seeing the strong growth in sales tax
that will happen. We never make any promises, but it is definitely a possibility or to add more services on with our existing taxes but this budget that is going to be before you and that will be funded by this $51.25 – it really focuses, I believe personally, the things cities should be focusing on – public
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safety, streets – we set a record this year for street maintenance – 13,200 tons of asphalt laid, some really great quality of life projects that we’ve put in the parks over the last couple of years – funding for staffing for a new fire station, new public safety officers, police officers, detectives to try to make some of those things happen that just should be the thing a city focuses on,” said Parker. The council also approved the city’s utility fund budget. The proposed utility fund budget includes expenditures of $66 million, which is also about $6 million more than the previous year’s budget. Parker says there are a number of improvements also included in the utility fund budget for next year. Budget, pg. 3