{"id":271456,"date":"2026-08-24T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271456\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T21:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:02:10","slug":"league-city-to-hold-public-hearing-before-first-reading-adoption-of-333m-budget-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271456\/","title":{"rendered":"League City to hold public hearing before first reading, adoption of $333M budget | Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>League City residents will have an opportunity to offer input on the city\u2019s proposed $333 million budget and $0.36355 tax rate per $100 valuation of a home for fiscal year 2026-27 at League City City Council\u2019s Aug. 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/leaguecity.legistar.com\/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1422851&amp;GUID=AA6258F7-E6AA-414F-A6E2-DC39FCC38D48&amp;Search=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meeting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Digging deeper<\/p>\n<p>League City City Council voted unanimously at its Aug. 11 meeting to propose the no-new-revenue rate. If approved, it will be the 12th consecutive year the city\u2019s property tax rate has decreased.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787605329_936_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In tandem with the consecutive annual lowering of the tax rate, League City\u2019s total taxable value has increased year over year, according to previous <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/bay-area\/government\/league-city-proposes-no-new-revenue-tax-rate-for-fiscal-year-2026-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reporting<\/a> by Community Impact. However, the total taxable value has dropped over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787605330_855_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Also of note<\/p>\n<p>The city is proposing a $333 million budget, with public safety as the single largest operational cost, according to city documents.<\/p>\n<p>The League City Police Department accounts for around $30 million of the general fund\u2019s expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned<\/p>\n<p>The council will meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 25 at Council Chambers, located at 200 W. Walker St., League City.<\/p>\n<p>City Council will vote on the second and final reading for the budget and the tax rate at its Sept. 8 meeting, per city documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"League City residents will have an opportunity to offer input on the city\u2019s proposed $333 million budget and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114282,11273,114281,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-271456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-government-in-league-city","tag-league-city-government","tag-league-city-taxes","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}