The FY 2019-2020 budget and tax rate were adopted by the City Council as proposed at the September 9, 2019 City Council Meeting. The meeting video is available to view online at your convenience.

2019-2020 Proposed Budget

Your North Richland Hills City Council and city staff work throughout the summer to prepare a budget for the new fiscal year that begins on October 1. This year’s budget proposes to lower the property tax rate by 1.3 cents to $0.572 per $100 property value. The proposed budget is balanced and continues the city services residents depend on every day including police, fire and emergency medical services, street, drainage and utility infrastructure, animal control, code compliance, building and health inspections, library services, and parks and recreation.

In addition, the proposed budget includes replacement of an ambulance, worn carpeting at the library and aging playground equipment at Linda Spurlock Park. It funds the extension of Northeast Parkway east of Davis Boulevard and a new traffic signal at the intersection of Northeast and Davis to improve access to the new Smithfield Elementary School campus that is being built by Birdville ISD. It also includes new equipment to better coordinate traffic signal timing on Davis Boulevard and Mid-Cities Boulevard and $1.3 million for preventive street maintenance projects throughout the city.

• Transmittal Letter
• Proposed Operating Budget
• Proposed Capital Budget
• Property Tax Rate information