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DALLAS<\/strong> – The Dallas<\/a> City Council heard the budget proposal on Wednesday for the coming fiscal year.<\/p>\n Of the seven “foundational pillars” portioned out in the $5.2 billion total budget<\/a>, those concerning safety and sustainability are set to receive the largest investments.\u00a0<\/p>\n 2025-26 Dallas budget proposal\u00a0 <\/p>\n The budget proposal is broken down into seven main categories of focus. They are organized by cost below.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sustainability <\/p>\n Improvements to sustainability would command $2.2 billion of the budget.\u00a0<\/p>\n This would include a $162 million investment into street improvements and maintenance of about 750 lane miles in the coming year. This is up from 710 lane miles during the last fiscal year.\u00a0<\/p>\n The first phase of the 2025 Bike Plan<\/a> is to be implemented, with a price tag of $3.3 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n The $1.25 billion General Obligation Bond Program, approved last May, will continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n Safety <\/p>\n Investment into Dallas’ safety would receive $1.4 billion over the coming year, an increase of $68.4 million from last year’s budget, with the goal of becoming “the safest large city by reducing crime and elevating the quality of life for all.”<\/p>\n A substantial portion of this would be spent on a police force<\/a> increase of 350 officers<\/a>, as well as increasing their starting pay to $81,232. The budget includes pay and pension increases for all uniformed officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n Growth <\/p>\n $539 million is set aside for growth projects.<\/p>\n Transformation of the Dallas convention center district through the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Master Plan<\/a> will be a major focus.<\/p>\n Continued funding of Public Private Partnerships, Tax Increment Finance Districts, and the Infrastructure Investment Fund will be another area of investment.<\/p>\n Vibrancy <\/p>\n Vibrancy projects will take up $533 million of the coming budget.<\/p>\n The first portion listed is the establishment of the Department of Housing and Community Empowerment to consolidate human services and neighborhood programs.<\/p>\n Multiple avenues will be taken to assist the unhoused and reduce homelessness.<\/p>\n Livability <\/p>\n $280 million is planned to be spent on livability efforts.<\/p>\n Some areas of investment will be animal cruelty relief, code and sanitation compliance enforcement, and pet health and safety improvements.\u00a0<\/p>\n Core <\/p>\n $161 million is set for use on “core” projects.<\/p>\n These include investments into and improvement of city operations.<\/p>\n Fiscal Soundness <\/p>\n $98 million is planned for increasing Dallas’ fiscal strength.<\/p>\n A large portion of this plan will be reduction of property tax by 0.5 cents per $100 valuation, and increasing the over-65 or disabled homestead exemption from $153,400 to $175,000.<\/p>\n City employee minimum wage for non-uniform employees would increase from $19.25 to $21.50 per hour.<\/p>\n When does the Dallas budget take effect? <\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n City councilmembers will discuss the budget in meetings over the coming weeks before it is approved.\u00a0<\/p>\n If approved, the spending changes will take effect on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “This budget allows us to continue elevating our position as a globally recognized city \u2013 with a thriving and inclusive community that sets the standard for excellence through innovation, efficient government and targeted economic growth,” said Dallas City Manager Kimerly Tolbert.\u00a0<\/p>\n To read a full summary of the budget proposal from the city, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> Information in this report comes from the City of Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dallas<\/a>Economy<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article DALLAS – The Dallas City Council heard the budget proposal on Wednesday for the coming fiscal year.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,7290,6459,50,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,12286,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-145154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-county","11":"tag-money","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-us-economy","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115027319392900104","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}