budget

Dallas CFO Summarizes Budget Amendments Approved in Sept. 6 Council Meeting

By April Towery / September 11, 2023 /

Dallas City Council members submitted 63 amendments last week to City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s proposed $4.63 billion budget in an effort to provide more efficient services and further cut the property tax rate. Budget and tax rate adoption is set for Sept. 20. During Wednesday’s meeting, there were amendments to amendments, and the conversation got…

Dallas Council Members Submit Budget Cuts With Goal of Slashing $104M From City Manager’s Proposal

By April Towery / September 7, 2023 /

Dallas City Council members haggled over budget amendments Wednesday and even agreed on a few during a seven-hour briefing. The most significant of the six amendments, approved in a straw vote Wednesday, was submitted last minute by District 7 Councilman Adam Bazaldua and therefore was not included in the council agenda packet. Amendment 28A represents about…

Dallas Public Schools: So Are We In the Red Or Not?

By Bethany Erickson / June 3, 2015 /

There’s been much made of late about whether or not Dallas ISD is in the red. I’m not sure why – the budget (if you know how to read a public school district budget) has been discussed in two separate school board meetings – but for whatever reason, some media confuses how school funds are…