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Commission opens tax-rate hearing, will recess to 6 p.m. after newspaper ad error
Summary
Brown County commissioners opened a public hearing on a proposed tax-rate increase but recessed the hearing to 6 p.m. after discovering a legally required newspaper notice printed an incorrect time; the commission said it will continue the hearing tonight to allow residents who saw the incorrect ad to attend.
Brown County commissioners opened a public hearing on the proposed tax rate for tax year 2025 but recessed the hearing to continue at 6 p.m. after a newspaper ad printed the wrong meeting time. The county's public notice materials listed a 9 a.m. hearing, but the Brownwood Bulletin — the paper required by law to carry the notice — printed a 6 p.m. time that matched a different city's ad layout, the presiding official said.
The presiding official (name not specified) said the county would open the hearing at 9 a.m. as noticed on the county…
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