The City of Round Rock is regularly recognized for its outstanding work, including fiscal stewardship. The City’s annual budget makes it all possible by drawing from our City Council‘s strategic planning and our strong track record of fiscal responsibility.
FY 2022 Budget, Property Tax Rate
Fiscal Year 2022 begins Oct. 1, 2021. The Round Rock City Council approved Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, a $525.4 million budget for Fiscal Year 2022 focused on infrastructure spending and new programs designed to meet the demands of a growing community. The budget includes a record amount for road construction and a new mental health response team to deal with increasing challenges faced by public safety officers.
Helpful Documents
FY 2022 Adopted Budget Breakdown
| Total Budget for FY 2022 | $525.4 million |
| General Fund | $133.3 million |
| Total Capital Investment Program | $250.4 million |
| All Other* | $128.1 million |
*Includes Water and Wastewater Utility, Hotel Occupancy Tax, Stormwater, Type B (transportation and economic development sales tax), and other special revenue funds.
FY 2022 Adopted Tax Rate
The property tax rate for the Fiscal Year starting Oct. 1, 2021, is $0.397 per $100 of valuation, 4.2 cents less than the FY 2021 City property tax rate of $0.439. However, the rate is an increase of 1.0 cent, or 2.5% above the No New Revenue rate of $0.387441, which is the rate that generates the same amount of revenue as the previous year based on the growth in property values from the previous year.
The increased tax rate provides additional funding to pay for the City’s road expansion program, Driving Progress.
The owner of a median taxable value home will see a property tax increase of approximately $2 per month. To calculate the impact to your tax bill, visit the truth-in-taxation site for your county below. These sites will calculate your tax rates for all taxing entities, and the City’s tax rate will be labeled “City of Round Rock.” All other taxing units pass their own tax rates.
Blog posts
Check out our series of blog posts about key aspects of the FY 2022 budget and tax rate:
Budget ensures strategic priorities kept in motion
Leveraging local sales taxes pays off for City homeowners
Aggressive road building program requires slight tax increase
Proposed budget devotes $37 million to police, a 7% increase
Budget proposal includes major infrastructure investment
Timeline for adopted FY 2022 budget
Each spring, the City begins the annual budget process to determine the needs of the City. Budget discussions provide a starting point for the City Council’s priorities for specific programs and projects to be funded for the upcoming fiscal year. The following dates are the timeline for discussion and action for the FY 2022 budget, which is Oct. 1, 2021 through Sept. 30, 2022:
JULY 22 — City Council holds annual budget workshop. View the FY 2022 Budget Workshop Presentation and the FY 2022 Proposed Budget Workshop Book.
JULY 22 — Vote to approve Fiscal 2021 operating budget for the Round Rock Transportation and Economic Development Corporation (Type B)
JULY 25 — Williamson Central Appraisal District and Travis Central Appraisal District certify tax rolls
AUG 10 — City Council holds packet briefing and budget work session on the proposed budget and tax rate
AUG 12 — Regular City Council meeting
- Council vote to publish and propose maximum tax rate, set public hearings
AUG 24 — City Council packet briefing and work session on the proposed budget and tax rate
AUG 26 — Regular City Council meeting
- Budget and tax rate public hearings
- First reading of tax rate and budget ordinances
- Authorized Purchases List
SEP 7 — City Council packet briefing and work session on the proposed budget and tax rate
SEP 9 — Regular City Council meeting
- Final adoption of tax rate and budget ordinances
- Ratify property tax rate
Strategic Plan Goals
The City’s Strategic Plan, updated annually by the City Council at its annual retreat in February, is implemented through the budget process and shapes the City’s priorities. Explore the six strategic goals below by hovering over the icons:
