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.
Other decisions on Wednesday
Council will also hold a public hearing on a request from Scott Felder Homes LLC, acting for property owners Bradley and Tammara Miller, to rezone 20.16 acres at 8474 Bindseil Lane from Agriculture and Agricultural Homestead to Residential Estate. The hearing and possible action are scheduled; the rezoning is not yet approved.
Additional items include a requested annual blasting permit for Buckley Powder Co. at the Heidelberg Materials Servtex Quarry, an agreement with Schertz concerning sewer capacity and wheeling, and an agreement with Selma for code-enforcement services. The agenda does not establish approval of any of those proposals.
For taxpayers, the key records after Wednesday will be the rate council proposes, the completed no-new-revenue comparison and any revisions to the fiscal 2027 budget. Those documents will show whether the published $1,782 illustration changes before adoption.