The Dallas City Council is taking its first look at a nearly $5 billion budget proposed for the 2025 fiscal year, which begins October 1.
The top priorities from Dallas Interim City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert include the largest property tax cut rate since 1983 and adding more police and firefighters.provides $78.6 million in additional funding to hire 250 police officers and 63 firefighters while giving homeowners a reduction in the property tax rate.
“The tax rate is going down a historic amount but it’s not going enough to offset the massive increase that we’ve seen in property values.” If the home value stayed flat, the rate reduction proposed in the budget would net a decrease in the property tax bill by $94.62. The revenue, estimated at $10.5 million annually would go to environmental cleanup efforts like disposing of household hazardous waste, illegal dumping on public right-of-way and
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