The City of Brownsville’s FY 2018 adopted budget shows a modest rise in property tax revenue, a 4.15% increase in sales tax revenue, and a balanced General Fund that uses the same property tax rate as the previous year while projecting an unassigned fund balance of about $12 million (11.4% of expenditures). Total debt secured by property taxes is $130.9 million.
| Property tax rate | $0.700613 per $100 valuation |
| Property tax increase | $1,002,103 (2.52 % increase) |
| Revenue from new property added | $633,135 |
| Total debt obligation secured by property taxes | $130,917,552 |
| General Fund revenues (including inter‑fund transfers) | $104,149,971 |
| General Fund expenditures | $105,449,971 |
| Projected unassigned fund balance at FY 2018 end | $12,013,022 (11.39 % of expenditures) |
| Sales tax revenue increase | $1,124,267 (4.15 % increase) |