Fiscal Year 2027 City Budget
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ORDINANCE related to the Fiscal Affairs of the City; approving the Annual Budgets of the City of Houston, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2027, including provisions for future adjustment to certain Fund Balances; providing for the Reorganization of the Solid Waste Management Department as a Division within Houston Public Works; AMENDING CHAPTER 39 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the Solid Waste Management Department; AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Houston Public Works; establishing an Administrative Fee for Solid Waste Management Collection and Disposal Services; authorizing the Imposition and Transfer of a Right-of-Way Fee from the Combined Utility System of the City Houston, Texas, to the General Fund; authorizing certain Transfers; Re-designating a Cash Reserve in the Fund Balance; establishing a cost for copies of the Budget; making other provisions related to the subject; making certain findings related thereto; providing a repealing clause; providing for severability 2026 2027 Proposed Change Total tax rate (per $100 of value) $0.519190 $0.519190 No change Median homestead taxable value $175,091 $179,367 Increase of $4,276 Tax on median homestead $909.05 $931.26 Increase of $22.20 In compliance with section 551.043 of the Texas Government Code, the following Tax Impact Statement provides a comparison of the property tax bill in dollars for the current Fiscal Year (FY2026) and an estimate for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY2027), based on the median homestead for the City of Houston if the FY2027 Proposed Budget is adopted. TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS JACKSON, PANZARELLA, THOMAS, CASTEX-TATUM and DAVIS This was Item 14 on Agenda of June 3, 2026
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Obtain the final city budget ordinance
Context: City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2027 budget as amended on June 10 after the matter appeared on June 3 and June 10.
Recommended: Obtain the adopted-as-amended ordinance text and compare its amendments to Chapters 2 and 39 with the June 3 version. The record confirms a departmental reorganization and a new solid-waste administrative fee, but not the final amendment language or any implementation milestone.
Confirm solid waste budget implementation plans
Context: The ordinance adopted June 10 reorganizes the Solid Waste Management Department as a division within Houston Public Works, and the matter record verifies no implementation milestone.
Recommended: Ask Houston Public Works whether the solid-waste reorganization will change responsibility for current service contracts, upcoming solicitations, or vendor points of contact. Do this before relying on existing procurement assumptions, because the budget shifts Solid Waste Management into Houston Public Works but supplies no verified implementation milestone.
Trace changes in the city budget
Context: The June 10 final vote was 15-1, while the amendment log shows substitute motions, three committee referrals, and two withdrawals after the June 3 presentation.
Recommended: Request the final adopted text, amendment-motion texts, and records showing the disposition of the three committee referrals. Ask which changes explain the “adopted as amended” result, since the matter appeared twice and the available record does not identify the amendments incorporated into the final budget.
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ORDINANCE related to the Fiscal Affairs of the City; approving the Annual Budgets of the City of Houston, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2027, including provisions for future adjustment to certain Fund Balances; providing for the Reorganization of the Solid Waste Management Department as a Division within Houston Public Works; AMENDING CHAPTER 39 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the Solid Waste Management Department; AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Houston Public Works; establishing an Administrative Fee for Solid Waste Management Collection and Disposal Services; authorizing the Imposition and Transfer of a Right-of-Way Fee from the Combined Utility System of the City Houston, Texas, to the General Fund; authorizing certain Transfers; Re-designating a Cash Reserve in the Fund Balance; establishing a cost for copies of the Budget; making other provisions related to the subject; making certain findings related thereto; providing a repealing clause; providing for severability 2026 2027 Proposed Change Total tax rate (per $100 of value) $0.519190 $0.519190 No change Median homestead taxable value $175,091 $179,367 Increase of $4,276 Tax on median homestead $909.05 $931.26 Increase of $22.20 In compliance with section 551.043 of the Texas Government Code, the following Tax Impact Statement provides a comparison of the property tax bill in dollars for the current Fiscal Year (FY2026) and an estimate for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY2027), based on the median homestead for the City of Houston if the FY2027 Proposed Budget is adopted. TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS JACKSON, PANZARELLA, THOMAS, CASTEX-TATUM and DAVIS This was Item 14 on Agenda of June 3, 2026
Vote: 15 for, 1 against, 1 absent
approve the City of Houston Fiscal Year 2027 annual budgets and related fiscal and organizational provisions, as amended
Held from the June 3, 2026 agenda. A roll-call vote was requested after consideration of proposed amendments.
ORDINANCE related to the Fiscal Affairs of the City; approving the Annual Budgets of the City of Houston, Texas, for Fiscal Year 2027, including provisions for future adjustment to certain Fund Balances; providing for the Reorganization of the Solid Waste Management Department as a Division within Houston Public Works; AMENDING CHAPTER 39 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to the Solid Waste Management Department; AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Houston Public Works; establishing an Administrative Fee for Solid Waste Management Collection and Disposal Services; authorizing the Imposition and Transfer of a Right-of-Way Fee from the Combined Utility System of the City Houston, Texas, to the General Fund; authorizing certain Transfers; Re-designating a Cash Reserve in the Fund Balance; establishing a cost for copies of the Budget; making other provisions related to the subject; making certain findings related thereto; providing a repealing clause; providing for severability 2026 2027 Proposed Change Total tax rate (per $100 of value) $0.519190 $0.519190 No change Median homestead taxable value $175,091 $179,367 Increase of $4,276 Tax on median homestead $909.05 $931.26 Increase of $22.20 In compliance with section 551.043 of the Texas Government Code, the following Tax Impact Statement provides a comparison of the property tax bill in dollars for the current Fiscal Year (FY2026) and an estimate for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY2027), based on the median homestead for the City of Houston if the FY2027 Proposed Budget is adopted.
Vote: 0 for, 0 against
tag proposed FY2027 annual budget ordinance