Fulshear residents will want to keep an eye on City Hall this week. The City Council is holding a special meeting on Monday, August 18, at 6 p.m., and one of the biggest items on the agenda is a proposed property tax increase.
What’s on the table?
The council is considering raising the tax rate to $0.199901 per $100 valuation. That’s higher than both the “no-new-revenue” rate ($0.154219) and the voter-approval rate ($0.189901).
If the higher rate goes through, voters will get the final say in a tax ratification election on November 4, 2025. A “no” vote would lock the city into the lower voter-approval rate.
For the average Fulshear homeowner, the change would bump the annual bill from $795 last year to just over $1,000 this year — a jump of about 28%. Citywide, the tax levy would grow nearly 39%, from $7.6 million to $10.5 million.
Budget, development, and more
The tax vote ties directly into the council’s other big decision: whether to approve the 2026 operations and capital budget. That budget already reflects the proposed increase…