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Budget Overview
Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund. HOT funds can also be used for projects designed to bring visitors to the city.
For FY 2025, a total of $200,000 is recommended for cash funding.
Cash allocated as part of the Capital Improvements Program totals $18.5 million across all funds and will
advance city comprehensive plan goals.
City staff will present a CIP implementation plan to City Council in February 2025, outlining specific project
priorities and including:
• Detailed funding schedules identifying cash and debt funding by funding source,
• Project information sheets that include a description of each project, pertinent project details as well as
funding and expenditure schedules,
• Operating budget impact summary, and
• Multi-year plan.
Figure 18
Total FY 2025 Cash
Fund Description Funding
Recommended
The General Fund is used to address capital projects such as streets and road construction
General Fund and/or rehabilitation, pathway improvements, improvements to support access as required $3,500,000
by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and municipal facilities.
The Utility Fund is used to address capital projects such as water and sewer infrastructure
Utility Fund and city facilities. Projects include water lines, pump station improvements, storage facili- $8,000,000
ties, sewer lines, lift station pumps, and facilities needed to support the City’s utility system.
Southlake Parks Funded by a voter-approved half-cent sales tax, these dollars are allocated for the ongoing
Development design and development of the city’s park system, and dollars for matching donations for $6,000,000
Corporation park improvements.
Fees collected from residential and commercial property owners provide dollars to improve
Storm Water Utility Fund storm water management in the city. For FY 2025, funds will be allocated from this fund in $400,000
an amount not to exceed $400,000 for this purpose.
Public Art Fund Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds provide the resources for public art initiatives. $400,000
Hotel Occupancy Tax
Fund HOT funds can also be used for projects designed to bring visitors to the city. $200,000
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