Adopted FY2025 Budget

2024 Tax Rate

A tax rate of $0.672500 per $100 valuation has been adopted by the governing body of City of Fort Worth.

 

 Adopted Tax Rate                                          $0.672500 per $100
 No-New-Revenue Rate                                           $0.677346 per $100
 Voter-Approval Tax Rate (VAR)  $0.711669 per $100
 VAR with Unused Increment  $0.738831 per $100

  

City Council Record Vote

The members of the governing body voted on the adoption of the budget as follows:

FOR:  Mayor Mattie Parker, Councilmembers Carlos Flores, Michael Crain, Gyna Bivens, Jared Williams, Macy Hill, Chris Nettles, Elizabeth M. Beck, Jeanette Martinez, Charles Lauersdorf, and Alan Blaylock


AGAINST: None


PRESENT and not voting: None


ABSENT: None

 

Municipal Property Tax Rates

The municipal property tax rates for the preceding fiscal year, and each municipal property tax rate that has been adopted or calculated for the current fiscal year,

include:

Tax Rate

Adopted FY 2023-24

Adopted FY 2024-25

Property Tax

$0.672500

$0.672500

No-New-Revenue Tax Rate

0.635374

0.677346

No-New-Revenue Maintenance and Operations Tax Rate

0.513571

0.536017

Voter-approval Tax Rate

0.766391

0.738831

Debt Rate

0.147500

0.147500

 

Municipal Debt Obligations

The total amount of outstanding municipal debt obligations (including principal and interest) secured by property taxes is $1,531,393,360.


This cover page and the information it contains are included with the budget as required by the Texas Local Government Code. A PDF version is available online here(PDF, 80KB).


 

Budget Information

 

City Council Meetings & Community Engagement Meetings

Community Engagement Meetings

Results from STEER the Budget

Updated: June 24, 2024

What’s new: Comments were collected over a month and a half. Here are some highlights of what residents want included in the FY25 Budget:

  • Finish up projects that have started, specifically road projects.
  • Change streetlight bulbs when they turn purple.
  • Fix potholes throughout the City.
  • Take care of the City’s infrastructure.
  • Maintain alleyways in south Fort Worth.
  • Add more dumpsters for bulk waste.
  • Be strategic about development throughout the City.
  • Preserve small businesses and neighborhoods.
  • Create more youth programs to learn a trade.


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Budget Focuses & Core Services

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Fort Worth’s next City budget focuses on core services

A recommended $9 million more will repair cracks, potholes and other street issues to address resident concerns.