The City of Dallas is starting town hall meetings to hear people's priorities for the next budget year. The Dallas City Council passed its largest budget ever for the fiscal year that started in October, totaling $4.6 billion.
The budget lowered the property tax rate for the eighth straight year, but many residents did not see a reduction on their bill because of increasing property values.
The largest segment of this year's budget is public safety, which received $662 million. That money included the hiring of 250 police officers and 100 firefighters.
The City of Dallas' budget also included $130 million for street improvements.
For the 2024-2025 budget, town halls start Monday in districts 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 13:
Monday, March 25:
District 2: 6 p.m.: Visit bit.ly/dallasbudgettownhall to register. Virtual. Spanish interpretation.
District 7: 6 p.m.: Skyline Branch Library, 6006 Everglade Road, Dallas, TX; In-person.
District 8: 6 p.m.: Kleberg Rylie Recreation Center, 1515 Edd Road, Dallas, TX; In-person, Spanish interpretation.
District 3: 6:30: p.m.: Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center, 5150 Mark Trail Way, Dallas, TX; In-person.
District 5: 6:30 p.m.: Dallas College Pleasant Grove Center, 802 South Buckner Boulevard, Dallas, TX; In-person, Spanish interpretation.
District 13: 6:30 p.m.: Walnut Hill Recreation Center, 10011 Midway Road, Dallas, TX; In-person.
Tuesday, March 26:
District 1: 5:30 p.m.: Martin Weiss Recreation Center, 1111 Martindell Avenue, Dallas, TX; In-person, Spanish interpretation.
District 2: 5:30 p.m.: KB Polk Recreation Center, 6801 Roper Street, Dallas, TX; In-person, Spanish interpretation.
District 4: 6 p.m.: Visit bit.ly/dallasbudgettownhall to register. Virtual.
District 8: 6 p.m.: Singing Hills Recreation Center, 6805 Patrol Way, Dallas, TX; In-person, Spanish interpretation.
District 9: 6 p.m.: Ridgewood Recreation Center, 6818 Fisher Road, Dallas, TX; In-person.
District 11: 6 p.m.: Prism Center, 5580 Peterson Lane, Suite 160, Dallas, TX; In-person.
District 14: 6: p.m.: Visit bit.ly/dallasbudgettownhall to register. Virtual.
Thursday, March 28:
District 2: 6 p.m.: Harry Stone Recreation Center, 2403 Millmar Drive, Dallas, TX; In-person, Spanish interpretation.
District 8: 6 p.m.: Polk Wisdom Library, 7151 Library Lane, Dallas, TX; In-person, Spanish interpretation.
District 3: 6:30 p.m.: Visit bit.ly/dallasbudgettownhall to register. Virtual. Spanish interpretation.
District 12: 7 p.m.: Visit bit.ly/dallasbudgettownhall to register. Virtual.
Dallas will also host a budget town hall this Saturday during "City Hall at Fair Park." That meeting will start at 1 p.m. at the Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center, or people can dial in by phone at (888) 410-3427 for English or (844) 881-1317 for Spanish. People can also watch the meeting online.
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