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Ask the city for a record, and see where the city’s money comes from and goes.

Ask for a public record

Under the Texas Public Information Act, anyone can ask the city for records.

Open the city’s request portal (NextRequest).
Paste the model request below and fill in the brackets.
The city must answer or ask the Attorney General within 10 business days.

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Model request

Under the Texas Public Information Act (Government Code Chapter 552), I request copies of [describe the records: for example, emails between the city manager and council about the Lohman Ford Rd repaving] from [start date] to [end date]. Electronic copies by email are fine. If any part is withheld, please tell me which exception applies. If costs will exceed $40, please send an estimate first.

City budget

The adopted City of Lago Vista budget, by fund, with every figure’s page in the city’s PDF.

Revenue: $30.7M
Spending: $28.8M
Left over: $1.98M
Property tax rate: $0.4520 per $100 ($0.4520 per $100)

Adopted Sep 17, 2026, council vote 4–3 (Ordinance 26-09-17-01). Covers Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027.

FY 2026-27 · adopted · all funds

General Fund$13.4M in · $13.1M out
Utility Fund$9.69M in · $8.39M out
Debt Service Fund$4.42M in · $3.82M out
Impact Fee Fund$640K in · $1.41M out
Other funds (5)$2.59M in · $2M out

Revenue covers spending, with $1.98M to spare.

Lago Vista’s adopted budget for FY 2026-27: revenue $30.7M, spending $28.8M. By fund: General Fund $13.4M in, $13.1M out; Utility Fund $9.69M in, $8.39M out; Debt Service Fund $4.42M in, $3.82M out; Impact Fee Fund $640K in, $1.41M out; Other funds (5) $2.59M in, $2M out.
Fund	Revenue	Spending
General Fund	$13,399,604	$13,126,695
Utility Fund	$9,687,000	$8,391,074
Debt Service Fund	$4,417,819	$3,822,780
Impact Fee Fund	$640,000	$1,410,000
Golf Course Fund	$1,370,075	$1,367,414
Aviation Fund	$382,300	$365,835
Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund	$174,000	$174,000
Parkland Fee Fund	$10,000	$95,000
Capital Improvement Fund	$650,000	$0
All funds	$30,730,798	$28,752,798

By fund

In Outopen a fund for where its money comes from and goes

About these numbers

Spending is the base budget on the department pages ($28,752,798). The transmittal letter also lists $963,704 of council-added items (decision packages, mostly Utility Fund repairs and equipment) that are not in the department pages.
The transmittal letter gives total expenditures of $29,317,847 before those items and $30,281,551 with them. Neither matches the department pages; the difference ($565,049) is not explained in the document.
The tax rate on the cover page is labeled "proposed"; council adopted it on September 17, 2026 (Ordinance No. 26-09-17-02).

Totals: Transmittal letter (PDF page 2): "total revenues of $30,730,798". City "FY 2026-2027 APPROVED BUDGET Interactive Report" (DocumentCenter/View/14011), Budget Report sheet, "EXPENSE Total", FY27 Approved column. Matches the sum of the department pages.

FY 2026-27 adopted budget (PDF) (opens in a new tab)Ordinance 26-09-17-01 (opens in a new tab)City budget page (opens in a new tab)

Budget, permits and zoning

These live on the city website. Each link opens it in a new tab.