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McLennan County commissioners debate tax-rate increases, agree on 1.5¢ proposal with 30% reserve goal
Summary
After hours of debate about fund balance targets and borrowing risk, a 3–2 consensus emerged to propose a 1.5-cent tax-rate increase and to target an unassigned fund balance near 30 percent while monitoring next-year pressures.
McLennan County commissioners on Tuesday debated whether to raise the county portion of the property tax rate and how large an unassigned fund balance the county should maintain, ultimately coalescing around a proposal for a 1.5-cent increase and a working reserve target of about 30 percent of operating expenditures. The court directed staff to prepare final budget documents reflecting that approach for formal adoption at later hearings. Why it matters: Commissioners said the move balances near-term revenue needs — to cover personnel and service-cost increases already built into the proposed FY2026 budget — against long-standing credit-policy concerns about maintaining a multi-month operating reserve. The court opened a lengthy discussion of the county's general fund and…
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