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CITY OF HALTOM CITY

August 29, 2022

To the Honorable Mayor An Truong and Members of the City Council

Re: The Adopted Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023

First, I want to start off by expressing appreciation for this governing body. We have been blessed as
a community over the past few years with significant economic growth. This growth along with your
commitment and service have made it possible to accomplish great things for the future prosperity of
our community.

We were able to build a replacement fire substation, remodel and move the senior center, provide
significant funding for street projects, and pass elections to secure a new law enforcement center and a
new city hall. We have been able to do all these things and much more and at the same time lower the
tax rate to the lowest in over 13 years.

I know you will agree in expressing appreciation and recognition to our staff for the many months
of hard and tedious work preparing this final budget. We have continued our focus on conservative
fiscal management and commitment to the Council’s Value Statements of dependability, integrity,
responsiveness, respectfulness, and accountability.

Fiscal responsibility and significant economic growth are the two overall factors that have been key to
our success over the last few years.

Our three-pronged approach of attracting job-creating businesses, increasing new residential
housing, and holding to development and code standards continues to facilitate prosperous economic
development.