Briefing · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers, City Hall
This meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 16, 2026 and has not occurred yet. The analysis below is a preview based on the published agenda.
Analysis
Financial Highlights
Governance & Oversight
Personnel & Labor
Insights by Role
Journalist
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThe budget package is the story: an appropriation ordinance not to exceed $5,972,586,745 (item #4) scheduled for final reading, a $0.6978 tax rate ordinance with an estimated $1,658,739,578 levy (item #5), and a separate resolution ratifying a property tax revenue increase (item #6) — none of which show a confirmed disposition in the available record. Secondary threads worth pursuing include the proposed break-up of the Department of Facilities and Real Estate Management (item #8), the closed-session briefing on the Fair Park First contract (item #11), and the proposed discontinuation of a PPO plan for employees and pre-65 retirees (item #10).
Resident
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectA public hearing on the proposed $0.6978 per $100 property tax rate was scheduled as item #3, with the Council vote on a tax rate noticed for September 16, 2026 at Dallas City Hall, City Council Chambers. Residents tracking household cost impacts can also follow item #7, which proposes changes to stormwater drainage, sanitation, landfill, ambulance, animal adoption and dangerous dog registration, water and wastewater, and residential 911 landline rates. If the tax-rate and fee ordinances are adopted as proposed, utility bills, service charges, and property tax statements would be the most visible changes.
Lobbyist
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingBudget amendments under item A were scheduled with the Council sitting as a Committee of the Whole, making that the operative venue for changes to the FY 2026-27 appropriation before final reading of item #4. Fee-payer interests — haulers, developers, utilities customers, and wholesale water and wastewater customers — are concentrated in the single omnibus rate ordinance at item #7.
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16 items(19 procedural hidden)
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#2Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Special Presentations Open Microphone Speakers
#2Consideration of appointments to city boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members, with the nominee list available in the City Secretary's Office.
#9Budget and Management Services
#3Public hearing to receive comments on a proposed property tax rate of $0.6978 per $100 assessed valuation for FY 2026-27, with City Council scheduled to vote on adoption of the rate on September 16, 2026.
#ACity Council, sitting as a Committee of the Whole, will consider amendments to the FY 2026-27 proposed budget, with required H.B. 1522 postings of the proposed budget and Taxpayer Impact Statement noted.
#18Budget and Management Services
#4Final reading and adoption of the appropriation ordinance appropriating funds for the FY 2026-27 City of Dallas Operating, Capital, and Grant & Trust Budgets, in an amount not to exceed $5,972,586,745. Financing is drawn from the General Fund, debt service, capital, enterprise, internal service, grant/trust, and employee retirement funds.
#5An ordinance setting the FY 2026-27 ad valorem tax rate at $0.6978 per $100 of assessed valuation, split between the General Fund and Debt Service Fund, and levying property taxes for the City of Dallas.
#6A resolution ratifying the increase in total property tax revenues reflected in the FY 2026-27 budget, with estimated revenue of $55,465,806 to the General Fund and $20,798,311 to the Debt Service Fund at a 100 percent collection rate.
#7An ordinance amending numerous chapters of the Dallas City Code to revise a broad range of city fees, charges, and rates, including stormwater drainage, animal adoption and dangerous dog registration, ambulance service, fire code permits, sanitation and landfill charges, mixed income housing development bonus fees, water and wastewater rates, credit card convenience fees, and 911 landline rates. The ordinance also provides a penalty not to exceed $2,000 and includes saving, severability, and effective date provisions.
#8An ordinance amending Chapter 2 of the Dallas City Code to rename the Department of Facilities and Real Estate Management to the Department of Facilities Management, create the Office of Real Estate and transfer real estate duties to it, and make the Office of Housing and Community Empowerment a division of the City Manager's Office. Includes a penalty not to exceed $500; no cost consideration to the City.
#9Authorizes position changes, approval of civilian and uniform salary schedules for FY 2026-27, merit pay increases for civilian non-executive staff effective April 14, 2027, new pay schedules for uniformed Fire and Police and Fire/Police Executives effective January 13, 2027, and a new Miscellaneous pay schedule effective October 1, 2026. The action has no additional cost to the City as impacts are budgeted in the FY 2026-27 City Budget.
#10Authorizes the 2027 Employee Health Benefits plan design effective January 1, 2027, and approval of health coverage plans for employees, retirees, and families, including discontinuation of the Blue Choice Copay PPO Plan for Texas-based active employees and pre-65 retirees.
#30Attorney Briefings (Sec. 551.071 T.O.M.A.)
#11Closed session discussion of legal issues related to the city's 2018 management contract with Fair Park First.
#35The above schedule represents an estimate of the order for the indicated briefings and is subject to change at any time. Current agenda information may be obtained by calling (214) 670-3100 during wor
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