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Burleson. It is the city’s preference to take a conservative approach in budgeting these major
revenue sources.

Historically, the city has conservatively forecasted the sales tax revenues. Continuing
this approach, the adopted budget reflects a 3% growth from the FY24-25 year-end projected
sales tax receipts. The general fund is projecting sales tax revenue of $15,987,464 for FY25-26.

License, fees and permits revenues are projected at $1,474,714. This is less than the prior year’s
collections due to conservative growth estimates for residential permits. FY25-26 budget still
reflects steady new residential and non-residential construction. It is assumed the city will issue
at least 200 new residential permits in the coming year. Licenses and franchise fees are projected
to rise with population. Municipal court fines are projected to decline in FY25-26.

General Fund Revenues by Source

Revenue Category FY25-26 Adopted % of Total

Property Taxes $32,599,467 50.80%
Sales & Use Taxes $16,246,211 25.32%

Franchise Fees $4,424,280 6.89%
License, Permit & Fee $1,474,714 2.30%
Fines $655,243 1.02%
Charges For Services $363,722 0.57%
Intergovernmental $1,016,038 1.58%

Investment Earnings $828,100 1.29%
Miscellaneous $604,384 0.94%
Oper Grant & Contr $1,262,125 1.97%
Cost Allocation Rev $3,182,750 4.96%
Transfer In $1,511,626 2.36%
Total Revenues $64,168,659 100.00%

General Fund Expenditures for the FY25-26 adopted budget are $63,956,786. This is a decrease
of approximately 1.1% compared to the previous year’s amended budget. The categories
of personnel and benefits make up the majority of the general fund expenditures and account
for approximately 69% of the total budget. Contributions to the Internal Services Funds and
Outside Services account for approximately 16% of the budget, and pay the general fund’s
proportionate share of internal services necessary to operate the city including information
technology needs, equipment replacement, maintenance functions, and third party
contractual and professional services.

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