{"id":470777,"date":"2026-10-19T19:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470777\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:12:08","slug":"garland-voters-consider-tax-rate-increase-for-public-safety-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470777\/","title":{"rendered":"Garland voters consider tax rate increase for public safety \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

2026 Midterm ElectionWhen is Early Voting? Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 19 and runs through Friday, Oct. 30. A list of voting locations is here for Collin County<\/a>, Dallas County<\/a>, Denton County<\/a>, Tarrant County<\/a>When is Election Day?\u00a0Tuesday, Nov. 3, is Election Day and polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. You can vote if you’re in line by 7 p.m. on Election Day.Federal races: (U.S. Senate<\/a>, U.S. House<\/a>)State races: (Governor<\/a>, Lt. Governor<\/a>, Attorney General, Comptroller, GLO Commissioner, Agriculture Commissioner, Railroad Commissioner<\/a>, State Board of Education, Texas Senate, Texas House)County races: (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, Rockwall)Judicial races: (Texas Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, Court of Appeals, District Courts, County Courts, Justice of the Peace Courts)Bonds and Props: There are several bonds and propositions on ballots; they’re broken down here by schools, municipalities and counties<\/a>.Previous results: Here are the results from the March primary<\/a> and runoff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The city of Garland is asking voters to consider a tax rate of $.6799 per $100 valuation. The money is for hiring in the police, fire, 9-1-1 dispatch, and parks departments. It would also increase funding for road construction and maintenance and maintain city services.<\/p>\n

Voters will be asked to decide whether they are “For” or “Against” the proposition.<\/p>\n

City of Garland Bond Election – Proposition A
THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; Approving the ad valorem tax rate of $0.679900 per $100 valuation in the City of Garland, Texas for the current year, a rate that is $0.036646 higher per $100 of valuation than the voter-approval tax rate of the City of Garland, Texas, for the purpose of increasing staff for the police department, fire department, 9-1-1 dispatch department and parks department, increasing funding for roadway construction and maintenance, maintaining and enhancing levels of city-wide services and competitive pay for public safety and city personnel. Last year, the ad valorem tax rate in the City of Garland, Texas was $0.689746 per $100 valuation.<\/p>\n

Election Day is Nov. 3; early voting begins Monday, Oct. 19, and runs through Friday, Oct. 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Midterm ElectionWhen is Early Voting? Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 19 and runs through Friday, Oct. 30.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[6288,1282,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-470777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-decision-2026","tag-garland","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470777","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=470777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}