Save libraries, shut down community pools, or repair Dallas City Hall?
City officials will hold more than 10 meetings to seek residents’ input on how they would like the city to spend the money. Multiple districts are offering bilingual town halls.
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The spring budget town hall meetings come as the city faces a debate over whether to invest millions of dollars in keeping its current city hall building or relocating it to another downtown location.
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The Dallas City Council approved the $5.2 billion budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year in September. A budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year has not yet been proposed. An initial budget is suggested annually by the city manager in August.
2026-27 budget town halls
Here is the schedule for the budget town halls.
Monday, March 23
District 1: 6 p.m., bilingual at Tyler Street Church, 927 W. 10th St.
District 2: 6 p.m., bilingual at Samuell-Grand Recreation Center, 6200 E. Grand Ave.
District 9: 6:30 p.m., virtual, bilingual at the city’s financial transparency website
District 10: 6:30 p.m., at Lake Highlands North Recreation Center, 9940 White Rock Trail
District 13: 6:30 p.m., virtual at the city’s financial transparency website
Tuesday, March 24
District 6: 6 p.m., virtual, bilingual at the city’s financial transparency website
District 3: 6:30 p.m., bilingual at Park in the Woods Recreation Center, 6801 Mountain Creek Pkwy.
District 5: 6:30 p.m., bilingual at Pleasant Grove Branch Library, 7310 Lake June Rd.
Thursday, March 26
District 8: 6 p.m., bilingual at Singing Hills Recreation Center, 6805 Patrol Way
District 4: 6:30 p.m., bilingual at District 4 Community Office, 4478 S. Marsalis Ave.
District 11: 6:30 p.m., at Fretz Park Branch Library, 6990 Belt Line Rd.
Districts: 2,7,9,14: 6:30 p.m., virtual, bilingual at the city’s financial transparency website
District 12: 7 p.m., at Renner Frankford Branch Library, 6400 Frankford Rd.
Residents can request oral interpretation in a language other than English by emailing the Office of Budget at officeofbudget@dallas.gov.
For more information, visit the city’s financial transparency website.