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Adopted 2021-2022 Budget
The Finance Department develops and manages the Town's budgeting system and provides financial information to external users and internal teams. This information is used to monitor the expenditure of taxpayer dollars and public funds and ensure that the Town's financial transactions are conducted following statutory and contractual requirements and Town policies.
The Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget is based on Tax Year 2021 expected revenue. The Town of Little Elm contracts with the Denton County Tax Assessor to calculate the Town's tax rates. For Fiscal Year 2021-2022, the following rates were calculated used by the Town to produce its budget. For a complete explanation of how the rates were calculated, please click here.
View the FY 2021-2022 Adopted Budget here.
View the Notice of Adopted Tax Rate here.
2021 No-New-Revenue Rate | $0.631493/$100 |
2021 Maintenance & Operation No-New-Revenue Tax Rate | $0.506314/$100 |
2021 Maintenance & Operation Voter-Approval Tax Rate | $0.524035/$100 |
2021 Debt Service Rate | $0.119913/$100 |
2021 Voter-Approval Rate | $0.643948/$100 |
2021 Adopted Tax Rate | $0.643948/$100 |
The estimated unencumbered fund balances for FY2021 are in compliance with the Town's adopted financial standards and are as follows:
Type of Property Tax Fund Fund Balance
General Fund $28,820,231
Special Revenue Funds $4,736,605
General Debt Service Fund $809,544
Governmental Capital Projects Funds $18,624,676
Enterprise Operating Funds $17,532,619
Enterprise Capital Projects Funds $13,154,944
Internal Service Funds $4,203,630
The Town of Little Elm will pay $7,131,446 in debt service during the Fiscal Year 2021-2022. The Town’s Debt Obligations are as follows:
| Description of Debt | Principal or Contract Amount to Be Paid From Property Taxes | Interest to Be Paid From Property Taxes | Other Amounts to Be Paid | Total Payments |
| SERIES 2014 GO-REF $4.5M | 130,000 | 41,650 | 1,000 | 172,650 |
| 2012 GO REF BONDS- $6.985M | 310,000 | 14,400 | 1,000 | 325,400 |
| G0 REF SERIES 2012A | 190,000 | 25,289 | 1,000 | 261,289 |
| CO SERIES 2013-$6M | 285,000 | 122,400 | 1,000 | 408,400 |
| CO SERIES 2013-$3M | 145,000 | 71,550 | 1,000 | 217,550 |
| 2015 DO $9.66M | 425,000 | 214,938 | 1,000 | 640,938 |
| 2016 REF GO-$6.72M | 630,000 | 115,119 | 1,000 | 746,119 |
| 2018 CO $15.46M | 460,000 | 432,357 | 1,000 | 893,357 |
| 2019 REF GO | 655,000 | 205,800 | 1,000 | 861,800 |
| 2019 CO $ PRIN | 240,000 | 213,350 | 1,000 | 454,350 |
| 2020 GO REF-$5.72M | 535,000 | 54,054 | 1,000 | 590,054 |
| 2020 CO-$4.085M | 160,000 | 92,400 | 1,000 | 253,400 |
| 2021 CO PRIN-$15M | 560,000 | 400,000 | 1,000 | 961,000 |
| TIF AGREEMENTS | 0 | 0 | 390,139 | 390,139 |
The anticipated collection rate for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 is 100 percent, and the amount for debt service to be collected by taxes for Fiscal Year has been decreased by $470,664 because of excess debt collection from July 1 through June 30 of the previous year.
Tax Rate & Budget Information
The fiscal year budget is adopted by Town Council in September along with the tax rate. For questions related to the annual budget, the Finance Department can be reached at:
Finance Department
Town of Little Elm
100 W. Eldorado Parkway
Little Elm, TX 75068
214-975-0415
FinanceTax@littleelm.org
The Town of Little Elm is in Denton County, which maintains a database of Property Tax Related Information that can be found here.
The Town's Annual Budget can be found here, and the most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is found here.
| FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 Adopted | Amount Change | % Change | |
Tax Rate (per $100) | 0.6499 | .0.649702 | 0.643948 | -0.005754 | -0.89% |
Annual Recurring Budget Amount | $76,017,592 | $81,815,102 | $85,704,178 | $3,889,076 | 4.75% |
Property Tax Rate for Maintenance & Operation (per $100) | 0.495874 | 0.52 | 0.524035 | 0.004035 | 0.78% |
Property Tax Revenue Budgeted for Maintenance & Operation | $21,360,765 | $22,966,506 | $24,393,411 | $1,426,905 | 6.21% |
Property Tax Rate for Debt Service (per $100) | 0.154026 | 0.129702 | 0.119913 | -0.009789 | -7.55% |
Property Tax Revenue Budgeted for Debt Service | $6,632,112 | $5,718,514 | $5,500,782 | (217,732) | -3.81% |