McALLEN — McAllen city commissioners Monday night (Sept. 23) unanimously adopted a $422 million budget that was buoyed by increased sales tax revenues, includes $103 million in capital improvement spending and gives city employees a 2% costof-living increase It also requires a slight tax increase. The 2019-2020 budget is the product of a lot of hard work on the part of city staffers, commissioners and the mayor, offered City Manager Roy Rodriguez. The new budget calls for traffic and drainage improvements that voters recently approved. Commissioners voted unanimously to increase the tax rate by less than two pennies The rate goes from ...