As Round Rock, Pflugerville and Hutto experience rapid population growth, city staff and local leaders are adjusting budgets to meet resident demands. Round Rock City Council adopted a fiscal year 2019-20 budget Sept. 12 that is $87.8 million more than last year’s budget, an increase of 24.6%. “Most of this [increase] is funding police, fire, roads,” Round Rock Mayor Craig Morgan said. “This is going back to protecting and benefiting our citizens. I can’t stress that enough.” Pflugerville City Council adopted an FY 2019-20 budget Sept. 24 that is $44.5 million more than last year’s budget, an increase of 31.14%. “We heard our citizens tell us what they wanted. [...] And we have approved a budget and tax rate that is both fiscally conservative while allowing us to purchase the needs we have,” Pflugerville Mayor Victor Gonzales said, in a statement. Hutto City Council adopted an FY 2019-20 budget Sept. 19 that is $45.8 million more than last year’s budget, an increase of 102.46%. “I believe in being pro-business,” Hutto City Manager Odis Jones said. “That’s one of the reasons Hutto has been growing since I’ve been here.”