Marble Falls City Council approved unanimously Sept. 21 passing the 2021-22 fiscal year budget focused on infrastructure and improvement projects as well as adopting a property tax rate, nearly two cents lower than the previous year.

The Marble Falls City Council adopted the 2021-21 budget Sept. 7 and set a public hearing date for a proposed a tax rate which councilors noted has been steadily lowered for the past six years. The council proposed a 59.90 cents per $100 property valuation rate, which is subject to a public hearing and final vote on Sept. 21.

A Marble Falls streets department crew continued working Aug. 12 on parking lot upgrades in Johnson Park. Other work included installing more than a dozen limestone boulders adjacent to one of the park pavilions in an effort to prevent vehicles from driving from the asphalt lot onto a landscaped area to protect the irrigation system. Connie Swinney/The Highlander