City expenditures are out of control, and the increased tax burden will be placed on us if this proposed budget is passed.
What we know:
There are two parts to our property tax:
1) Maintenance & Operations (M&O): funds for day-to-day city services and operations
2) Interest & Sinking (I&S): repays general obligation (GO) bonds that fund capital projects
The current proposal calls for a 1¢ increase, split between Maintenance and Operations (M&O) and Insurance and Safety (I&S), at 0.44¢ and 0.56¢, respectively.
There are suggestions that operating costs can be reduced by $1M, so the increase of 1 cent can be reduced to just 1/2 cent.
This is important because the City of Sugar Land plans to raise the property tax rate to fund the proposed 6.5% salary increase for management and other operational costs. We need STAR - Smart. Transparency. Accountability. Responsible spending.
[Please see below where we post our concerns about the proposed $797,973 salary and benefits associated with only one employee.]
Local expert Andy Pinto has shared his analysis with the Mayor of the Council. We need taxpayers to speak up to support Andy's recommendations.
**Please see his analysis below.
Our Question: Why don’t they work on reducing waste and use their operating income, so we taxpayers don’t have to pay higher property taxes?
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