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The City of Rosenberg’s Fiscal Year 2025–2026 Budget was officially adopted at the September 2, 2025, City Council meeting.
The FY2026 budget totals $110.9 million across all funds, covering both operations and capital improvements. The General Fund, which supports the City’s core services, includes $43.7 million. Of that, $33.6 million is dedicated to personnel services, $2.3 million to supplies, $6.6 million to maintenance and services, $1.0 million for street and sidewalk improvements, $200,000 in transfers to other funds, and $31,000 in other expenses.
City Council adopted the budget with a reduced property tax rate of $0.30 per $100 of valuation, lowering it from the originally proposed $0.33 by allocating approximately $1.5 million from the City’s General Fund fund balance to cover the shortfall as directed by City Council.
Highlights of this budget include:
- Funding four (4) full-time employees
- Infrastructure Plans Examiner – Engineering
- Building Inspector – Code Compliance
- EMS Captain – Fire
- M&O Technician – Water Distribution
- No increase to water or sewer rates
- Subsidence fee increase of $0.20
- Solid waste collection fee increase of 1.34% (per contract)
- Employee health insurance increase of 20.7% covered by the City
- Public Safety Salary Enhancements:
- 10% increase for police officers, 8% for sergeants, and 5% for lieutenants (took effect June 1, 2025)
- An additional 2.5% step increase for all step pay plan employees
- New step pay plan for dispatchers, including a 22% base salary increase
- A 5% salary increase for all other employees
- Several Capital Improvements:
- Street and sidewalk improvements
- Police Department equipment upgrades (body-worn cameras, dash cameras, interview room cameras, tasers)
- Parks improvements:
- Travis Park pavilion roof replacements
- Seabourne Creek Sports Complex lighting upgrades
- Sunset Park LED lighting improvements
- Seabourne Creek Sports Complex field improvements
- Water/Wastewater projects:
- Clarifier rehab
- Water meter replacements
- Water line improvements
- Plant analyzers
- Collection system line rehabilitation
- Aeration basin assessment
- Elevated storage tank recoat
For more information, visit the budget website at RosenbergTX.Gov/Budget or call Citizens Relations at 832-595-3301.
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