Missouri City staff proposed a budget concentrated on community needs with a focus on mobility and public safety.

Zooming in

At an Aug. 11 meeting, Missouri City staff recommended $257.6 million in expenditures for the fiscal year 2025-26 budget, a 6.02% increase from last year’s budget .

Additionally, city officials recommended maintaining their $0.570825 per $100 property valuation tax rate for the third year in a row, but are shifting one cent from their maintenance and operations budget toward debt. Due to the shift, staff challenged each department to decrease its budget by 5%, City Manager Angel Jones said.

Diving in deeper

The proposed budget includes a $101.3 million general fund, with 38.5% allocated toward public safety services, including $21.3 million to the city’s polic

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