Cannon County commissioners approve resolution to raise mineral severance tax from $0.15 to $0.20 per ton

The Cannon County Board of Commissioners on July 10 approved Resolution 2025-10 to raise the county mineral severance tax from $0.15 to $0.20 per ton.

Commissioners said the additional revenue will be directed to the county highway department for road upkeep. The board’s chair noted the change requires a two-thirds majority to take effect locally and that the county must pass the resolution to implement the change.

“It's what is 15¢ now per ton, and they are allowing it to, to go up 5¢ to 20¢,” the Chair said during the discussion. “So we have to pass it here, to make that so.”

The resolution moved forward without amendment and was approved on a recorded roll call. Commissioners voting yes included Commissioner Nathan Sanders, Commissioner Karen Ashford, Commissioner Chris Singleton, Commissioner Curtis George, Commissioner Eddie Mears, Commissioner Randy Gannon and Commissioner Tony Burnett. No nay votes, abstentions, or recusals were recorded in the transcript.

The board did not record a mover or seconder for the motion in the meeting transcript. The Chair described the purpose as funding the county highway department for upkeep of roads impacted by mineral extraction activity.

Background: the county’s existing rate of $0.15 per ton was cited by the board as the current levy; the approved increase raises the rate by $0.05 per ton. The transcript does not include text of implementing language, a projected revenue estimate, or an effective date.

The board’s action will be entered in county records as Resolution 2025-10 and forwarded as required by county procedures.