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Hunt County judge urges cautious FY25–26 budgeting amid redistricting and jail capacity concerns
Summary
Judge Stovall outlined budget pressures including a proposed 3% across‑the‑board raise, redistricting and polling-place challenges, and jail capacity and staffing shortages; commissioners discussed balancing a budget while responding to growth-related needs.
Judge Stovall opened a county-wide budget conversation Monday, urging commissioners to be cautious as Hunt County develops its FY 2025–26 spending plan amid growth, redistricting and jail capacity pressures.
The judge presented a planning figure for a 3% across-the-board pay increase — estimated at roughly $544,006.66 in base wages — and warned that benefits, retirement and payroll taxes could push the true budget impact higher (staff discussed adding roughly 15–20% for total cost). "If you throw, you know, 20% on it, that bumps it up to 650," the judge said while describing the need to account for benefits and employer costs.
County staff cited a preliminary ad valorem (taxable) value estimate of about $16 billion for the year, up from roughly $14 billion the prior year; the judge…
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