The Marble Falls City Council passed its 2025-26 fiscal year budget Tuesday, Sept. 16, locking in spending similar to 2024-25 numbers.

The approved budget remains largely unchanged from the version proposed in August , which had a strong focus on maintaining current services, rather than expanding government, due to less-than-expected sales-tax and ad valorem revenue for the city going into the new fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1.

“With the budget (this year), we decided to be as conservative as possible,” said Mayor John Packer when the budget was originally proposed. “You’ve got to spend more to keep up (with growth), but my goal as mayor is to keep the tax rate the same or even lower it a little bit.”

Most city departments saw nearly flat funding with few, if any, upgrades to pe

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