Title
Consider and take action on an ordinance amending the City of League City, Texas, Governmental, Proprietary, and Capital Funds Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 by amending Ordinance No. 2025-31, Ordinance No. 2026-08, and Ordinance No. 2026-18 to adjust the operating and capital budget for actual and projected expenditures (Assistant City Manager - CFO)
Staff requests approval on first and final reading.
Taxpayer Impact Statement Required per H.B. 1522 effective September 1, 2025 for TY2024 (FY2025) and TY2025 (FY2026)
2024 Adopted Tax Rate $0.369 with average homestead taxable value of $351,138 equals tax of $1,295.70
2025 No-New-Revenue Tax Rate $0.36355 with average homestead taxable value of $362,634 equals tax of $1,318.36
2025 Proposed Tax Rate $0.36355 with average homestead taxable value of $362,634 equals tax of $1,318.36
Background
The proposed ordinance requests an increase to the Capital Budget to add project, Fire Administration & Police Training Center, as shown on Exhibit B ($6,000,000) for the purchase of the building located at 2705 Dickinson Avenue S (Acrosports Kid Center) in the amount of $4,000,0000 and $1,500,000 for renovations to transition the open space to a designated Fire Administration and a Police Training Center. An additional $500,000 will be budgeted for project contingency.
If approved, the proposed ordinance would amend the City’s FY2026 Capital Budget to incorporate proposed adjustments for the following:
CAPITAL BUDGET - EXHIBIT B
Formally add Fire Administration & Police Training Center as a project to the Capital Budget with a budget of $6,000,000.
FUNDING
• Transfer $3,000,000 in unencumbered TIRZ 2 funds, fund 2615, ($1,500,000) in funding from Alamo Draft House and an additional ($1,500,000) in uncommitted TIRZ 2 funds to fund 5015 Miscellaneous Capital Projects Fund in the CIP.
• $2,085,000 Budgeted in FY2027 in Miscellaneous Capital Projects Fund, fund 5015, for the construction of the Multi-Function Training Facility is being brought forward to fund the purchase and renovations of the new Fire Administration and Police Training Center in FY2026. The Multi-Function Training Facility will be omitted in FY2027 1st QTR Budget Amendment.
• $915,000 will be added to the Capital Budget from Fire Station 7 funds, fund 5018.
• With the approval of the Fire Administration and Police Training Center the FY2026 Amended Capital Budget increases from $331,188,766 to $339,041,876.
In addition to the data sheet this packet includes:
• Proposed Budget Ordinance and Exhibit A, B, C, and Funding Plan for the New Facility - Exhibit A (No change); Exhibit B details the Capital Budget; Exhibit C details the citywide summary.
• The Funding Plan for the New Facility is the financial breakdown of how the city intends to finance the purchase and renovations of the proposed Fire Administration & Police Training Center.
FUNDING
{X} Funds are available from CIP Capital Projects and TIRZ 2.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
{X} NOT APPLICABLE