The details
League City City Council voted 6-1 to approve the no-new-revenue tax rate of $0.36355 per $100 valuation of a home at its Sept. 9 meeting.
The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2025 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for the city from the same properties year over year.
The city projects the average annual tax bill to be about $1,318 for a typical League City home, which has a median value of $362,634.
This is the 11th consecutive year that the city’s property tax rate has decreased, according to a Sept. 5 news flash from the city.
Diving in deeper
The city’s total budget for FY 2025-26 will be $524.1 million, according to previous reporting by Community Impact.
This includes an operating budget of $194.5 million and a capital budget of just under $329.6 million, documents show. Both categories are up from last year’s total budget.
The budget was approved with a projected shortfall in the general fund of around $2.6 million. Despite this, the city was able to increase funding for emergency services, drainage and parks. Several projects are also coming up, including a new municipal pool and a training facility.
What else?
Mayor Nick Long also added a motion for the city to take over management of the portion of the Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District that is in League City for $1.6 million, citing concerns that League City residents near the drainage were being “double taxed.”
Per Texas law, League City does not have the authority to take over the district, as the Texas Legislature would need to pass a bill amending the district to transfer that power to the city. Long said he wants the city to budget for that in case there is an opportunity in the future.
“This way we’ll be ready, prepared and have it in the budget should the opportunity arise to take over this function,” Long said.
