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How Robert Lee is run

Robert Lee spent $316,000 in the year to March 31, 2022, about $306 per resident.

Photo: Billy Hathorn
City budget
$316,000
spent, year to March 31, 2022
Per resident
$306
Below typical Texas cities ($1,280)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
City staff
5
full-time · 8 part-time
Typical tax bill
$911
a year · TX $4,232

What stands out about how Robert Lee is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Your share of the budget

About $306 per resident a year, or $0.84 a day

The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 11% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Utility sales 51%Sales taxes 19%Property taxes 17%Fees & charges 13%Interest, fines & other <1%
Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $911 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.40% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Texas$4,232
Robert Lee$911
$911
typical bill a year
1.40%
effective rate
$65,000
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Robert Lee’s rate.

Can I afford it? →

The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Robert Lee

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Robert Lee yet. Neighbors can add them.

Who works for Robert Lee

One full-time town employee for every 206 residents

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings2 + 6 pt
Water & other utilities3
Health & welfare0 + 2 pt
5
full-time
8
part-time
$42,000
average full-time pay, before benefits

Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

The school district

Robert Lee Independent School District

Robert Lee’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Robert Lee →
$18,247
per pupil · TX $12,815
263
students
$10.1 million
long-term debt

Of the $18,247 per pupil, $9,688 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 69%State 23%Federal 8%

Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who represents Robert Lee

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Robert Lee.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Texas HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Texas SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach Robert Lee’s government

Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.

The Handbook →

Questions about how Robert Lee is run?

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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.

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