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Promote livability and community pride.

• Continued code enforcement efforts to improve the overall appearance of the City.
• Conducted two (2) city-wide and one neighborhood cleanup days; and
• Issued 125 new home permits in the past 12 months; and
• Police Department achieved “recognized” status from the Texas Police Chiefs
Association. The Department is one of less than 150 departments statewide to
achieve this designation out of over 2,000 agencies.

Budget Overview

The evolution of the City’s budget centers around the goals and strategies listed above while at
the same time dealing with current economic realities. From this information, the following
specific objectives to be accomplished during FY 2018-19 have been developed:

• Maintain or improve current levels of service to meet customer demands.
• Maintain and improve the formal economic development marketing program in
cooperation with the Azle Municipal Development District.
• Continue implementation of the Capital Improvement Plan.
• Continue to develop financial policies that guide future decision makers, especially
during difficult economic times.
• Continue to expand and diversify the economic base.
• Continue to provide the tools necessary for employees to safely do their job.
• Continue efforts to attract and retain quality employees.
• Continue to improve appearance of the City through increased code enforcement and
education efforts.
• Address infrastructure issues to improve transportation, drainage, City facilities and
utility services in the city.
• Maintain the City’s financial reserves to enhance overall financial stability.

All of these short-term objectives are consistent with the City’s long term vision of managing
diversified growth while continually providing quality services and adequate infrastructure to the
community.

Revenues for the FY 2018-19 budget are estimated by evaluating the current state of the
economy, identifying trends in different revenue sources and using estimates from other
government entities. Staff used recent trends created by the current economic conditions as
well as past actual collections from the previous five (5) years to create trends in the City’s
various revenue sources in order to come up with reasonable revenue estimates. Property
appraisals from Tarrant Appraisal District and Parker County Appraisal District were used to
estimate this year’s property tax revenues and comprise the only estimates from other
governments used to determine revenues. Revenues in the Utility Fund were estimated after
determining actual increases in the amount of accounts due to recent growth along with
projections for the coming year.

Highlights

• Appraised ad valorem property values increased $86,855,014;
• New construction value of $32,578,488;

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