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FY2026 Budget & 2025 Tax Rate
The City of West University Place Charter requires that the City Manager prepare and submit annually to City Council a budget. In late spring each year, the city kicks off this annual budget process to determine the needs of the city. Departments submit their requests in early July and review them with the City Manager in early August. The proposed budget goes to City Council for presentation, public hearing, and voting in August/September for use in the next fiscal year (FY). Once adopted, the budget takes effect on the first day of the City’s FY, which begins January 1st and ends December 31st.
2026 - 2035 Adopted Capital Improvement Plan (PDF)
2026 Master Fee Schedule (PDF)
Tax Year 2025 Adopted Property Tax Rate: $0.229441
FY2025 Budget and 2024 Tax Rate
2025 Adopted Master Fee Schedule (PDF)
2025 - 2034 Capital Improvement Plan (PDF)
Tax Year 2024 Adopted Property Tax Rate: $0.241930
- July - Departments submit budget requests for the next fiscal year to Finance Department
- Early August - Finance Department and City Manager meet to review budget submissions
- Late August - The proposed budget is created
- Early September - Staff meet with City Council for a budget workshop
- Late September - Council adopts the next fiscal year budget
Property tax rates are comprised of two components - the City's debt service rate, and the maintenance and operation rate (M&O). M&O is calculated by what it costs the city to operate services such as Police and Fire protection, staff costs, etc. The City's debt service rate is calculated by the amount of financing needed to fund major capital projects. These two calculations combined set the property tax rate.