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The City Council approved the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget and ratified the related property tax increase, both by 5-2 votes. The budget replaces a planned police canine officer with a crisis intervention officer beginning in the second quarter and adds a police IT specialist beginning in the second quarter.
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The approved budget sets City spending for October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, and includes a property tax increase reflected in that budget. The council also approved a $226,000 reimbursement to Hutto Bible Church for headwall and stormwater pipe work in exchange for an easement. A proposed $250,000 Uber rideshare program was not removed from the budget, and an amendment to hire the crisis intervention officer immediately failed.
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