The Seabrook City Council unanimously approved multiple fiscal measures at its meeting, adopting the Seabrook Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and Seabrook Crime Control and Prevention District budgets for fiscal year 2026, approving a city investment policy in accordance with the Texas Public Funds Investment Act, and adopting a 2025 ad valorem tax rate of $0.464152 per $100 of valuation.

The EDC budget was considered on first and final reading as ordinance 2025-18, described at the meeting as the budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2025, and ending Sept. 30, 2026. Councilman Hammond moved to approve item 10.4; a second was recorded. The motion passed by a unanimous voice/roll-call vote.

The council then took up the Seabrook Crime Control and Prevention District budget for the same fiscal year as ordinance 2025-19. Councilman Hammond moved approval and Council member Tillett seconded; the council approved the ordinance by unanimous vote.

Separately, the council adopted Resolution 2025-21, described at the meeting as the city's investment policy adopted in accordance with state law and the Public Funds Investment Act (PFIA). That resolution was moved, seconded and approved unanimously on first and final reading.

The largest set of motions involved the tax ordinance. On first and final reading the council considered the tax ordinance that levies ad valorem property tax on taxable property in the city as of Jan. 1, 2025, and that directs collection for municipal maintenance and operations and to pay principal and interest on outstanding debt. The council approved four recorded motions related to the tax rate structure: (1) a rate of 33.8026 cents per $100 valuation for operations and maintenance; (2) a rate of 12.6126 cents per $100 valuation for interest and sinking (debt service); (3) adoption of the combined tax rate of $0.464152 per $100 valuation (46.4152 cents per $100), described at the meeting as effectively an 8.39% increase in the tax rate; and (4) approval of the proposed ordinance on first and final reading with caption reading serving as the ordinance reading and requiring a record vote. Each motion was moved and seconded and each carried by unanimous roll-call votes.

Votes at a glance

- Item 10.4: Ordinance 2025-18, Seabrook Economic Development Corporation budget for FY2026 (Oct. 1, 2025'Sept. 30, 2026) ' Approved unanimously.
- Item 10.5: Ordinance 2025-19, Seabrook Crime Control and Prevention District budget for FY2026 ' Approved unanimously.
- Item 10.6: Resolution 2025-21, City investment policy (Public Funds Investment Act) ' Approved unanimously.
- Item 10.7: Tax ordinance adopting a combined tax rate of $0.464152 per $100 valuation (split as 33.8026 cents for operations and 12.6126 cents for I&S) and adoption of the ordinance on first and final reading with a recorded vote ' Approved unanimously.

There was little substantive debate recorded on the docketed items; motions were moved, seconded and approved during roll-call voting. The presiding officer noted the roll-call results after each motion and stated that the roll-call votes were unanimous. The meeting was adjourned after the votes; the transcript records the adjournment and staff noting the time at roughly 6:15 p.m.