The sales-tax bodies — police, fire/EMS, and development — funded off the property-tax bill by citizen board.
Where the town pays for police and fire
What the sales tax funds that your property tax never shows
Some of what Deer Park pays for never shows up on a property-tax bill. Of the 8.25% sales tax you pay at the register, two full points are local — and half of that, a penny on every dollar, funds three bodies with their own budgets and their own citizen boards. This is where the town pays for its police and its fire and EMS: off the property-tax bill, by dedicated sales tax the voters approved.
The city keeps 1.00%deerparktx.gov/FAQ.aspx?QID=146 of the sales tax; the three districts split the other point — 0.25% + 0.25% + 0.50%.
Each card below carries two registers, from two documents: what the district collected in FY2025, audited (the same component-unit figures the trend page reads out of the ACFR), and what it planned to spend or take in for FY2025–26, from the adopted budget. They are different years and different kinds of number, so they are labelled rather than blended.
Public safety — funded by the sales tax
Crime Control & Prevention District
Sales-tax share 0.25%deerparktx.gov/651 · Sales-tax revenue, FY2025 audited $2,588,831†correctedFY2025 ACFR PDF p.115 / printed p.108 · Budget, FY2025–26 adopted $2,799,478Item 617
Funds the Deer Park Police Department — officers, dispatchers, and equipment.
A statutory special-purpose district (Texas Local Government Code Ch. 363), governed by a seven-member citizen board appointed by the City Council. Created 2011; voters renewed it for 20 years in May 2025.
Fire Control, Prevention & EMS District
Sales-tax share 0.25%deerparktx.gov/1070 · Sales-tax revenue, FY2025 audited $2,580,330†correctedFY2025 ACFR PDF p.115 / printed p.108 · Total revenue, FY2025–26 adopted $2,213,702Item 617
Funds the Volunteer Fire Department, the Fire Marshal, and EMS.
A statutory special-purpose district, governed by a citizen board. Created 2011; voters renewed it for 20 years in May 2025.
Economic development
Community Development Corporation
Sales-tax share 0.50%deerparktx.gov/FAQ.aspx?QID=146 · Sales-tax revenue, FY2025 audited $5,190,905†correctedFY2025 ACFR PDF p.115 / printed p.108 · Budget, FY2025–26 adopted $7,961,744Item 617
A Type B economic-development corporation — parks, land, and capital projects funded by a dedicated half-cent (Texas Local Government Code Ch. 505).
A different kind of body from the two public-safety districts. Its budget swings year to year with land and capital purchases, which is why its total runs well above its annual sales-tax revenue.
Who governs — and what you can do
Each district is governed by a citizen board, and each dedicated tax was approved — and renewed — by Deer Park voters. The record names what they fund and what they cost. If a renewal or a budget is up and you want a say, Think and Act Locally is where residents weigh in.