Krugerville City Council adopted a tax rate and budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 at the Sept. 15 meeting.
The proposed M&O rate was $0.338738 and the debt rate was $0.089863, for a total rate of $0.428601 per $100 assessed valuation.
“I move that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of $0.428601, which is effectively … a 3.30 percentage increase in the tax rate as reflected within ordinance 2026-010,” council member Stacey Sasser read.
Council approved the proposed budget amendment for fiscal year 2025-26 for the general fund and “[ratified] a property tax increase for fiscal year 2026-27 that is reflected in the general fund budget,” as stated in the agenda packet.
“This budget will … raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of $43,635, which is a 3.10% increase from last year's budget,” Mayor Rodney Cagle read. “The property tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year is $25,608.”
The council unanimously approved the proposed budget amendment for fiscal year 2026 and the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 for both the Community Development Corporation and the Economic Development Corporation.
Council also approved the establishment of a Police Reserve Force for the Krugerville PD.
“What we found coming down the pipe in [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] … they created the rules that we actually abide by,” Police Chief Stoney Ward said. “They are bringing forth to each and every agency within the state of Texas information that they want to have our council approve … our police department, to have a reserve force.”
Ward determined that having four reserve officers is enough for the agency because of the size of the police department, which currently has three.
“The reason they created this rule and that they're implementing it all across the state is because you get a bunch of agencies that will bring on 30 to 40 reserves, and there's no benefit to the city to do that,” Ward said.
Three reserve Krugerville police officers were appointed by council.
Council addressed residents' concerns about the automatic license plate reader cameras.
“We had an overwhelming amount of support, [and] we had a couple against it,” Cagle said. “I, as your mayor, personally have done the research that I said I would go out and do, and I still support them to meet out through the contract.”
He added that the city has written its own policy that the police department must follow, and that adjustments were made to the contract before signing with the company.
“[Ward] is going to start providing us with … reports of who's accessing it internally, who's accessing our cameras externally, and what they're doing with that, so that we have an ongoing log of who's looking at those camera feeds,” Mayor Pro Tem Kristen Kromer said.
Residents now have online access to the same results.
“In my opinion, we're doing everything we can to meet both requests, to meet the request of the police department and the public,” Cagle said.
He also shared during the mayoral comment that road repairs have been approved for two locations.
No action was taken after the executive session.
