{"id":161703,"date":"2025-08-20T18:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/161703\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:03:17","slug":"fort-worth-citizens-can-weigh-in-on-3-09-billion-budget-at-district-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/161703\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Citizens Can Weigh In On $3.09 Billion Budget At District Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            FY2026 Budget Logo | Image by City of Fort Worth\/website; Green background | Image by Canva                        <\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth residents can weigh in on the city\u2019s proposed $3.09 billion operating budget during a series of public meetings beginning this week, as officials grapple with population growth and evolving property tax challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The recommended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectfw.com\/fy2026-budget\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FY2026<\/a> budget represents a 10.93% increase over the FY2025 adopted budget, adding roughly $304 million in spending while attempting to balance service demands with fiscal restraint.<\/p>\n<p>City Manager Jay Chapa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortworthtexas.gov\/news\/2025\/8\/budget-meetings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">outlined<\/a> several cost-saving measures, including 1% departmental budget cuts and strategic fee increases. Despite the reductions, the budget preserves funding for police, fire, and emergency medical services while adding resources for housing repairs and animal shelters.<\/p>\n<p>The spending plan maintains the city\u2019s pay-as-you-go approach for infrastructure projects, avoiding additional debt while directing more funds toward street and park maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Ten district-specific budget meetings are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortworthtexas.gov\/news\/2025\/8\/budget-meetings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scheduled<\/a> through September 15, with the first set for August 21 at Truett Wilson Middle School in Haslet. Residents unable to attend can submit questions online or watch meetings via Fort Worth TV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aug. 21, 6 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0District 10 Budget Meeting, Truett Wilson Middle School, 14250 Sendera Ranch Blvd., Haslet, 76052<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aug. 25, 6 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0District 7 Budget Meeting, Boswell High School, 5805 W. Bailey Boswell Road, 76179<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aug. 27, 6 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0District 6 Budget Meeting, Southwest High School, 4100 Altamesa Blvd., 76133<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept. 3, 6 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0District 3 Budget Meeting, LVT Rise Community Center, 8201 Calmont Ave., 76116<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept. 6, 10 a.m.<\/strong>\u00a0District 4 Budget Meeting, Basswood Elementary School, 3100 Clay Mountain Trail, 76137<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept. 6, 2 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0District 11 Budget Meeting, Eugene McCray Community Center, 4932 Wilbarger St., 76119<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept. 8, 6 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0District 9 Budget Meeting, University Christian Church, 2720 S. University Drive, 76109<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept. 10, 6 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0District 5 Budget Meeting, East Regional Library, 6301 Bridge St., 76112<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept. 11, 6 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0District 2 Budget Meeting, Northside Community Center, 1100 N.W. 18th St., 76164<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept. 15, 6 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0District 8 Budget Meeting, McDonald YMCA, 2701 Moresby St., 76105<\/p>\n<p>The budget aligns with City Council priorities, including economic development, community investment, public safety, infrastructure, and managed growth. Public hearings on the tax rate and budget are scheduled for September 16.<\/p>\n<p>Following the hearings, the City Council will vote on adopting the tax rate, operating budget, five-year capital improvement plan, and fee ordinance. The new fiscal year begins on October 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FY2026 Budget Logo | Image by City of Fort Worth\/website; Green background | Image by Canva Fort Worth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":161704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-161703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115062414040702701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161703","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=161703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}