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Hidalgo County sets ceiling on proposed 2025 tax rate at $0.575 per $100, commissioners vote unanimously
Summary
The Hidalgo County Commissioners Court took a record vote to set a proposed 2025 property tax rate not to exceed $0.575 per $100 of valuation; staff presented revenue estimates and a conservative 95% collection rate. A later public hearing and final adoption were left for subsequent court proceedings.
Hidalgo County Commissioners Court took a record vote on a proposed ceiling for the 2025 property tax rate, voting unanimously to set a maximum rate “not to exceed 0.575” (57.5 cents) per $100 of property valuation.
The court’s budget staff presented the county’s no-new-revenue and voter-approval benchmarks and recommended a ceiling rather than a fixed adopted rate. The budget presentation estimated general-fund revenues of $344,211,177 and said that at a 0.575 tax rate the county would collect about $303,844,309 in property taxes, using a conservative 95% collection rate.
The proposed ceiling preserves flexibility for the court during the upcoming public-notice and hearing process. County staff told the court they were using a conservative 95% collection assumption (down from 96% used in the prior year) and estimated the average homestead taxable value at roughly $176,000.
Budget staff briefed commissioners on how small changes in the rate would change levy totals: a “no new revenue” rate of roughly 0.5422 would produce the same levy as last year (about $277 million), while returning to the prior-year rate of 0.575 would raise the levy to roughly $294.7 million. Staff said the presentation excluded any properties that newly appeared on this year’s certified roll.
After a staff recommendation that the proposed rate “not exceed 0.575,” a member moved the motion and another commissioner seconded it. Commissioners indicated their votes by voice/hand; the court recorded a unanimous favorable vote by the four members present.
The court did not adopt a final tax rate at the meeting; staff and commissioners discussed scheduling public notice and hearings as required by state law and county procedures, with final adoption to follow the formal public-hearing process.
What’s next: The court recorded the proposed ceiling and will publish the required notices and hold the public hearing(s) before taking a final vote to adopt a 2025 tax rate. The budget office said it will continue to supply updated revenue and collection projections to the court ahead of any adoption.
