This budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of $1,340,461, which is a 10.03 percent increase from last year's budget. The property tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year is $307,009.
The members of the governing body voted on the budget as follows: FOR:
AGAINST:
PRESENT and not voting:
ABSENT:
| 2025-2026 | 2024-2025 | |
| Property Tax Rate: | $0.794629/100 | $0.794629/100 |
| No-New-Revenue Tax Rate: | $0.737013/100 | $0.729686/100 |
| No-New-Revenue Maintenance & Operations Tax Rate: | $0.843167/100 | $0.813673/100 |
| Voter-Approval Tax Rate: | $1.018861/100 | $0.932166/100 |
| Debt Rate: | $0.031200/100 | $0.031214/100 |
Total debt obligation for City of Balch Springs secured by property taxes: $24,967,664.58.