{"id":392561,"date":"2026-07-30T21:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392561\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:27:18","slug":"proposed-435-5m-budget-for-fy-2026-27-includes-new-plano-public-safety-positions-maintenance-costs-plano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392561\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed $435.5M budget for FY 2026-27 includes new Plano public safety positions, maintenance costs | Plano"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plano City Council got a first look at its proposed general fund budget for FY 2026-27 at a meeting July 29.<\/p>\n

The city is planning to increase funding for its police and fire departments for new equipment and employees for its proposed $435.5 million budget. Other increases come from maintenance costs for Oak Point Park\u2019s Maintenance Facility, building inspections and additional funds for the city\u2019s planning and parks and recreation departments.<\/p>\n

The gist<\/p>\n

The city of Plano\u2019s proposed general fund budget of $435.52 million is about a 2.2% increase from its latest estimate of expenses from the previous fiscal year, per city documents<\/a>. Karen Rhodes-Whitley, director of budget and performance management said nearly half of the city\u2019s budget will go toward public safety and health.<\/p>\n

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The city is planning to increase its police department\u2019s budget by $1.6 million for the following upgrades:<\/p>\n

One Forensic Comparative Discipline SupervisorTwo Latent Print Examiners and equipmentOne PISD School Resources Officer and equipmentTwo Mental Health Co-Responders and equipmentTwo Police Technical Services Specialists with vehicle and equipmentOne Police Academy Lieutenant and equipmentOne Lead Background Investigator and equipment<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s fire department budget will increase by $2.49 million to help implement the city\u2019s 24\/72 shift schedule, which is scheduled to be fully implemented by 2029 per previous reporting<\/a>. The additional funds will add 22 new firefighter positions.<\/p>\n

$35,000 of the $2.49 million will be allocated for the city\u2019s new whole blood program, which is expected to be cost-neutral per previous reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dig deeper<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s planning department will see a total of $444,900 in additional funds for downtown planning, the city\u2019s Master Facilities Study and citywide notices related to Senate Bill 929<\/a>, which requires a municipality or zoning commission to provide written notice of a public hearing for proposed changes in zoning regulations or boundaries.<\/p>\n

The parks and recreation department will see a total of $138,376 in additional funds for forestry maintenance, new swimming pool chemicals for its pools and recreation centers, supplements for a change in the Plano Sports Authority Pickleball Agreement and inflationary costs.<\/p>\n

The city is also using increased funds for the following:<\/p>\n

$900,000 for November 2026 tax and bond elections and the May 2027 council member election and run-off$13,500 for employee wellness checks in the Public Safety department$47,580 for the Oak Point Park Maintenance Facility$306,084 for facility contract inflationary costs$236,732 for custodial contract modifications$156,732 for one Senior Human Resources Analyst and equipment<\/p>\n

Looking ahead<\/p>\n

City Council will discuss Plano\u2019s proposed budget again Aug. 10. Rhodes-Whitley said council is expected to adopt its budget and tax rate Sept. 14.<\/p>\n

Rhodes-Whitley said the city is proposing a tax rate of $0.4376 per $100 of assessed property value for FY 2026-27, which is the same tax rate as the previous year per city documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plano City Council got a first look at its proposed general fund budget for FY 2026-27 at a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[114860,11143,138165,160,718,138164,18650,15241,162,161,721,1934,138163],"class_list":["post-392561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-budget-season","tag-city-budget","tag-how-much-is-plano-spending-on-police","tag-plano","tag-plano-budget","tag-plano-budget-season","tag-plano-city-council","tag-plano-fire-rescue","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-plano-parks","tag-plano-police-department","tag-public-safety-plano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}