{"id":272960,"date":"2026-08-27T02:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T02:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/272960\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T02:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T02:14:11","slug":"league-city-approves-first-reading-of-333m-budget-no-new-revenue-tax-rate-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/272960\/","title":{"rendered":"League City approves first reading of $333M budget, no-new-revenue tax rate | Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaguecitytx.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">League City City Council <\/a>unanimously approved the first reading to adopt a $333 million budget and a $0.36355 tax rate per $100 valuation of a home for fiscal year 2026-27 at League City City Council\u2019s Aug. 25 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>What residents needs to know<\/p>\n<p>If the tax rate is approved as is, the second reading will mark 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>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/bay-area\/government\/league-city-becomes-first-texas-city-to-put-flock-camera-usage-up-to-voters-results-to-be-non-binding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">League City Police Department<\/a> accounts for around $30 million of the general fund\u2019s expenses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787796851_586_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s next?<\/p>\n<p>City Council will vote on the second and final readings of the budget and the tax rate at its Sept. 8 meeting, according to city documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"League City City Council unanimously approved the first reading to adopt a $333 million budget and a $0.36355&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114846,11274,114847,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-272960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-league-city-budget","tag-league-city-city-council","tag-league-city-workshpop","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\/272960","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=272960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}