Property Tax Rate Proposal

At a glance

What: Council adopted a tax rate of $0.6978 per $100 valuation for fiscal year 2026-27 ($0.5075 General Fund, $0.1903 debt service), estimated levy $1,658,739,578, described as a 5.4 percent increase.
Where it stands: Adopted 9 to 6 on September 16, 2026 as Ordinance 33563, after the August 25 vote to propose it. The revenue increase was ratified 9 to 6 the same day.
Alternatives rejected: Bazaldua's motion to consider the voter-approval rate of 70.6325 cents per $100 failed 6 to 9; Mendelsohn's motion for $0.68 failed 2 to 13.

Detail

West moved to authorize the hearing and the $0.6978 proposal; Moreno seconded. Bazaldua offered a subsidiary motion (seconded by Blackmon) for the voter-approval rate, and Mendelsohn a secondary subsidiary motion for $0.68 (seconded by Roth).
$0.68 vote: yes Roth and Mendelsohn; no, the other 13 members.
Voter-approval rate vote: yes Resendez, Gracey, Cadena, Bazaldua, Blackmon, Ridley; no Mayor Johnson, Johnson, West, Moreno, Blair, Stewart, Roth, Willis, Mendelsohn.
Original motion: yes Mayor Johnson, Johnson, West, Moreno, Gracey, Blair, Stewart, Willis; no Resendez, Cadena, Bazaldua, Blackmon, Mendelsohn, Ridley; Roth absent.
September 16: the public hearing was closed on West's motion. West moved adoption and Moreno seconded. Nine votes (60 percent) were required. Yes: Mayor Johnson, Resendez, Johnson, West, Moreno, Gracey, Blair, Stewart, Willis. No: Cadena, Bazaldua, Blackmon, Roth, Mendelsohn, Ridley.
The ratification of the property tax revenue increase (General Fund $55,465,806 and debt service $20,798,311) passed on the same 9 to 6 split.

Sources

Council minutes, September 16, 2026 (Items 3, 5 and 6): https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/CC2026/091626Min.pdf
Council minutes, August 25, 2026 (Item 33): https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/CC2026/082526Min.pdf

Log

2026-09-16 - City Council Briefing

Hearing closed; $0.6978 rate adopted 9 to 6 and revenue increase ratified 9 to 6.

2026-08-25 - City Council

Pulled from the consent agenda by Bazaldua and Mendelsohn. Two lower and alternative rates were rejected; the $0.6978 proposal and September 16 hearing were authorized 8 to 6.