Garden Ridge’s proposed-budget illustration puts the city property-tax bill for a median taxable homestead at $1,782 next fiscal year—$27 more than the current-year figure listed in the council packet.
The comparison is part of the agenda for the City Council’s 6 p.m. Wednesday meeting at 9400 Municipal Parkway. Council is scheduled to consider both the fiscal 2027 proposed budget and the city’s 2026 no-new-revenue, voter-approval and de minimis tax-rate calculations before proposing a rate.
The packet uses a median taxable homestead value of $712,130. It lists a current fiscal 2025-26 city property-tax bill of $1,755 and the proposed-budget estimate of $1,782. The difference is $27, an increase of about 1.5% based on the two published figures.
One comparison remains missing: the agenda labels the estimated bill under a balanced budget funded at the no-new-revenue rate as “To Be Determined.” That means residents cannot yet use the packet to compare the proposed-budget estimate against a completed no-new-revenue scenario.