Kaufman County commissioners accept proposed FY 2025–26 budget, set public hearings and approve routine fiscal and land-use items

Kaufman County Commissioner’s Court on Aug. 5 accepted a proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget, scheduled public hearings on the budget and the county tax rate for Aug. 26, and approved a package of routine fiscal, contract and land‑use items.

The court — meeting at the county annex in Kaufman — accepted the proposed budget as presented and set an Aug. 26 public hearing to consider final adoption of the FY 2025–26 budget and the corresponding tax rate after the hearing. The presiding official said the proposed budget is balanced and the county is not raising the tax rate in the proposal, and that the county had absorbed an increase in employee health insurance and included a cost‑of‑living adjustment for employees.

The court also approved two interlocal agreements related to public improvement districts and accepted the treasurer’s and tax assessor’s monthly collection reports for June. Treasurer Teresa Floyd reported June current collections of roughly $501,870 and delinquent collections of about $103,007 for a combined total of about $605,006; unpaid deferrals were reported at about $125,008. For road and bridge the treasurer reported roughly…