During Tuesday's meeting, Kyle City Council adopted the fiscal year 2016-17 budget and tax rate. The total budget for all of Kyle’s city funds combined is $79.2 million, said City Manager Scott Sellers. About $40.9 million of the budget will go toward planned capital improvements for infrastructure projects. The budget provides $3.8 million to go toward Kyle’s share in the Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency CIP expenditures. The project will allow the city to share water with neighboring cities and create water supply solutions. During the Aug. 24 meeting, Council also agreed to allocate $10,000 for a veterans memorial in Kyle at District 4 Council Member David Wilson’s suggestion. The rest of the money required for the project will be raised through private donations, he said. The adoption of the budget created a storm drainage and flood risk mitigation utility to be responsible for maintenance of the city’s drainage system. The budget allocates $1.08 million toward the utility to find solutions for local flooding, erosion and water pollution. A residential fee of $5 per month and a commercial fee based on impervious cover will help pay for the utility. There will be no change in water and wastewater service rates. The city also added 16 additional full-time staff positions. The budget passed 6-1, with District 6 Council Member Daphne Tenorio voting against it. She also voted against the budget’s first reading Sept. 1. Along with the budget, the council unanimously approved a property tax rate of $0.5748 per $100 of valuation, one cent less than the previous year’s rate. “I’m proud of staff for the budget that they put forward,” Wilson said. “It’s lean, but it addresses issues that need to be dealt with. I think we’re in a good place.”