TL;DR: The City Council unanimously adopted Mansfield's $110.25 million FY 2026–27 budget on Sept. 14. The property tax rate stays flat at $0.639 per $100 of valuation, the homestead exemption jumps from 16% to 20%, and the budget adds 15 new city positions.

Mansfield homeowners are set to get a bigger break on their city property taxes next year. The adopted budget keeps the property tax rate flat at $0.639 per $100 of valuation while raising the homestead exemption to the state-maximum 20% — a combination the city says will save Mansfield homeowners roughly $9 million collectively.

The council adopted both the budget ordinance and the tax rate ordinance by unanimous 7–0 votes at its Sept. 14 meeting — the night before the city charter's budget deadline. The budget is balanced, with revenues covering the full $110.25 million in planned spending.

What it means for your wallet

• Tax rate: $0.639 per $100 of valuation, unchanged from last year.
• Homestead exemption: 20%, up from 16% — a 4-point jump to the maximum Texas cities can offer. (The exemption has climbed from 10% in 2020 to 12% in 2022 to 16% in 2024.) City staff estimated the higher exemption represents about $9 million in collective homeowner savings.
• Overall property-tax revenue: The budget as presented was expected to raise about $4.4 million less in property-tax revenue than last year's budget.

Where the money goes

The budget adds 15 new full-time positions across city departments:

• General fund: two police officers (funded by NTTA), one dispatcher, and two part-time vet/kennel technicians
• Water/sewer utility fund: a billing specialist, a meter specialist, two tradespeople, a GIS technician, and a water resources inspector
• Environmental services: two code enforcement officers, two health inspectors, and an administrative assistant

Public safety is the largest spending area at about $59 million. The seven new patrol vehicles break down as five replacements and two genuinely new cars at $112,000 each, plus a $170,000 electronic training simulator — about $1.68 million in police capital equipment overall.

On the revenue side, property taxes are expected to bring in about $55.3 million, with sales, utility, and mixed-drink taxes contributing roughly $24 million more, per the city's budget documents.

Sources: City of Mansfield Sept. 14, 2026 budget presentation and official council voting records; city budget documents.