Schertz staff recommends a 2026 city property-tax rate of $0.5175 per $100, above the current $0.5118 rate but below the $0.5296 no-new-revenue rate discussed in August.
For the median-valued Schertz homestead in the city’s example, the city tax estimate falls from $1,698.33 in 2025 to $1,693.37 in 2026—a $4.96 annual drop, about 41 cents a month—because the example’s taxable value is $4,613 lower.
The city memorandum estimates that the recommendation would collect $529,021 more in total property taxes than last year, a 1.9% increase, including $1,175,814 attributed to new property added to the roll.
How Schertz Reached the Recommendation
The Aug. 25 draft minutes record staff’s position that the current rate would not fund four new dispatchers without cuts elsewhere, followed by direction to return with a middle option.
The recommendation puts $0.3494 per $100 into maintenance and operations and leaves the debt portion at $0.1681.
In the taxpayer-impact statement, the lower taxable value more than offsets the higher proposed rate.