City Fee Schedule Revisions

At a glance

What: Five fee ordinances adopted alongside the FY 2027 budget: solid waste (mulch, compost, transfer station and bulk drop-off limits), sports field and recreation fees, fire service call fees (including ambulance rates), a new fee for processing annexation petitions, and street and traffic fees (reinstating fees for oversized and overweight structures, removing meter-bagging fees).
Where it stands: All five passed first reading on September 1 and second reading on September 8, 2026. Paxson voted no on the solid waste, recreation, fire and street fee ordinances at second reading; Hernandez and Paxson voted no on the annexation fee.
Next: Recreation fees take effect October 1, 2026. The solid waste changes carry no impact on monthly solid waste account fees.

Solid waste (Chapter 21, Director Aldridge presenting): first reading 6-1 (Paxson no; Mayor and Cantu absent), second reading 7-1 (Paxson no). Enactment 034009.
Sports fields and After Hour Kid Power drop-in program (Section 36-7, Director Dodd; Rachel Caballero spoke on September 1): first reading 7-1, second reading 7-1 (Paxson no). Enactment 034010.
Fire service call fees and ambulance rates (Chapter 18, Chief Wade, moved by Cantu on first reading): first reading 8-0, second reading 7-1 (Paxson no). Enactment 034011.
Annexation petition fee (Section 14-1341, Interim Director Wallace, moved by Campos then Barrera): first reading 8-0, second reading 6-2 (Hernandez and Paxson no). Enactment 034012.
Streets and traffic fees (Chapters 49 and 53, Interim Assistant City Manager De La Garza): first reading 8-0, second reading 7-1 (Paxson no). Enactment 034013.
On second reading Mayor Guajardo abstained on all five; she was absent on first reading. There were no public comments except as noted.

All five fee ordinances passed second reading (Paxson dissenting on four, Hernandez and Paxson on the annexation fee).

All five passed first reading after staff presentations; one speaker on the recreation and municipal court items.