CCPD budget sustainability and shrinking fund balance
Watauga, TX
Summary
Sales tax revenue funding the crime district is flat while police personnel costs keep rising. The city is moving officers from CCPD funding into the general fund to stay above the required fund balance — and that can't go on forever.
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Last discussed Jun 1, 2026.
Impact analysis
The district's fund balance is projected to fall to about $520,000 by fiscal 2027, barely above the $475,000 minimum.
Residents keep police programs funded by the half-cent sales tax without property tax increases.
If sales tax doesn't grow, the number of CCPD-funded officers could continue to decline.
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