CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 787 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2026; APPROPRIATING RESOURCES FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, PROJECT, OPERATION, ACTIVITY, PURCHASE, ACCOUNT, AND OTHER EXPENDITURES; PROVIDING FOR EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES AS ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING AND POSTING OF THE BUDGET AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Kennedale, Texas ("City"), is a home rule city acting under its charter adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and WHEREAS, the Finance Director of the City has filed with the City Secretary a budget outlining all proposed expenditures of the Government of the City for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026, (hereinafter referred to as the "Budget"); and WHEREAS, the Budget, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all purposes, specifically sets forth each of the various projects for which appropriations are delineated, and the estimated amount of money carried in the Budget for each of such projects; and WHEREAS, the Budget has been filed with the City Secretary for at least thirty (30) days before the date the City Council makes its tax levy for the fiscal year, and such Budget has been available for inspection by any taxpayer; and WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing on the proposed Budget, stating the date, time, place, and subject matter of said public hearing, was given as required by the laws of the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, such public hearing was held on August 27, 2025, and those wishing to speak on the Budget were heard; and WHEREAS, the City Council has studied the Budget and listened to the comments of the taxpayers at the public hearing held thereon and has determined that the Budget is in the best interest of the City and that same should be approved and adopted; and WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the public hearing, the governing body of the City took action on the proposed Budget by record vote, which vote is duly recorded below. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. All of the above premises are found to be true and correct and are incorporated into the body of this Ordinance as if copied in their entirety. SECTION 2. The Budget of the revenues of the City and the expenses of conducting the affairs thereof for the ensuing fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026, is hereby adopted and approved, and there is hereby appropriated from the funds indicated therein such sums for the projects, operations, activities, purchases, accounts and other expenditures proposed in the Budget, as set forth in Exhibit "A." SECTION 3. No expenditure of the funds of the City shall hereafter be made except in compliance with the Budget and applicable state law; provided, however, that in case of grave public necessity to meet unusual and unforeseen conditions, which could not by reasonable, diligent thought and attention have been included in the original Budget, expenditures may from time to time be authorized by the City Council as amendments to the original Budget. SECTION 4. The following statements are true and correct: This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of $103,959.45, which is a 1.22 percent increase from last year's budget. The property tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year is $63,518.64. The municipal property tax rate for the preceding fiscal year was $0.706190 per $100. The municipal property tax rates that have been adopted or calculated for the current fiscal year for which this Budget is adopted are as follows: (A) the property tax rate is $0.696190 per $100; (B) the No-New Revenue tax rate is $0.687818 per $100; (C) the Voter-Approval tax rate is $0.745716 per $100; (D) the De Minimis Rate tax rate is $0.763635 per $100 taxable property value after exemptions; (E) the debt rate is $0.213117 per $100 taxable property value; and (F) the total amount of municipal debt obligations secured by property taxes is $33,144,167. SECTION 5. A copy of the approved Budget, including the cover page, shall be posted on the City's website, along with the record vote of each member of the City Council, as required by law. In addition, the Finance Director shall file or cause to be filed a true and correct copy of this Ordinance, along with the approved Budget attached hereto, with the City Secretary, as required by law. SECTION 6. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this Ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section. SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS THE 27 DAY OF AUGUST 2025, BY A VOTE OF 4 AYES, 0 NAYS, AND 0 ABSTENTIONS AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS. Aye Nay Abstention David Glover, Place 1 x Thelma Kobeck, Place 2 x Kenneth Michels, Place 3 x Chris Gary, Place 4 Jeff Nevarez, Place 5 x CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS Approved: /s/ Brad Horton, Mayer ATTEST: Barbara Dahl, City Secretary IPL0269034 Sep 3 2025