If you live in Austin and Travis County, your taxes may go up by around $1,200 next year.
The City of Austin's biennial budget, approved today by the City Council, raised the budget by just under a billion dollars ($5.5B to $6.3B) for 2025-26, meanwhile Travis County Commissioners are mulling a $2B budget and an estimated 9.12% tax hike.
If these numbers seem high it's because they are. According to City Council member Marc Duchen, the proposed tax rate election will ask voters to decide on a tax increase of "almost 19%, the biggest hike in 35 years."
