The Aledo Ledger Saturday, September 5, 2026

Aledo's Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone on the record

2 meetings

The city's tax increment reinvestment zone appears in the record when the council adopts the tax roll and builds the budget. Each mention is here.

Compiled automatically from the Ledger's meeting reports: each excerpt below is the passage of a report that mentions this topic, in the words the report used, linked to the full entry and its minutes. Updated on every build; last built Friday, September 4, 2026.

Council adopts the 2026 certified tax roll, proposes a $0.352415 rate, and tables the Friends of the Library agreement

The council unanimously adopted the 2026 certified tax roll for Fiscal Year 2027. City Manager Candice Edmondson said the city's certified total taxable value is $1,057,685,374, including $41,014,945 in new improvements, with no taxable value under protest or otherwise uncertified and no frozen tax-ceiling accounts on the city's roll. The roll includes the Tax Increment Financing zone, whose incremental value is $69,846,799.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, Aug. 6, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, Aug. 6, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal

Mid-year review: a $1.6 million general fund surplus, impact fees at 193% of budget, and $24.7 million in cash and investments

The council discussed the FY 2027 budget, covering the budget timeline, revenue forecast, council priorities, operations and maintenance, capital projects and the TIRZ fund, and took no action. After an executive session from 7:35 to 9:08 p.m. on the Dean Ranch development, downtown development and a city manager staffing study, the council voted unanimously to authorize the city manager to hire a director of development services. The meeting adjourned at 9:09 p.m.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, May 28, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, May 28, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal