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The Sugar Land Council will vote on the proposed FY 2026 Budget on September 16th, 2025Many taxpayers in Sugar Land have been actively emailing and meeting with officials to voice their concerns about the recent tax increase. During the budget hearing on September 9th, even animal advocates joined this effort to highlight issues related to the operation of the shelter that are relevant to the budget.
Will the Council listen to the people? We will find out if any amendments were made when the agenda for the Tuesday meeting is published. We sincerely hope to see revisions and amendments in the new version of the proposed budget.
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City expenditures are out of control, and the increased tax burden will be placed on us if this proposed budget is passed.
What we know:
There are two parts to our property tax:
1) Maintenance & Operations (M&O): funds for day-to-day city services and operations
2) Interest & Sinking (I&S): repays general obligation (GO) bonds that fund capital projects
The current proposal calls for a 1¢ increase, split between Maintenance and Operations (M&O) and Insurance and Safety (I&S), at 0.44¢ and 0.56¢, respectively.
There are suggestions that operating costs can be reduced by $1M, so the increase of 1 cent can be reduced to just 1/2 cent.
This is important because the City of Sugar Land plans to raise the property tax rate to fund the proposed 6.5% salary increase for management and other operational costs.
We need STAR - Smart. Transparency. Accountability. Responsible spending.
[Please see below where we post our concerns about the proposed $797,973 salary and benefits associated with only one employee.]
Local expert Andy Pinto has shared his analysis with the Mayor of the Council. We need taxpayers to speak up to support Andy's recommendations.
**Please see his analysis below.
Our Question: Why don’t they work on reducing waste and use their operating income, so we taxpayers don’t have to pay higher property taxes?
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Sugar Land City Hall (Town Center), 2700 Town Center Blvd N,Sugar Land, Texas, United States
