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County judge previews tight 2025'26 budget, says tax rate may rise amid low appraisals
Summary
Lavaca County Judge outlined fiscal pressures for the 2025'26 budget, including low appraisal values, previously approved EMS expansions and rising agency costs; he said a proposed tax rate will be released by August 1 and the court will discuss it publicly at the Aug. 11 meeting.
The Lavaca County Judge told the Commissioners Court that the county faces fiscal pressure for the 2025'26 budget and that proposed tax-rate documentation will be posted for the public by August 1 if possible.
The judge said recent appraisal values placed the county at the "no-new-revenue" position and provided the court's planning benchmarks: a no-new-revenue rate of 0.5124 and a voter-approval rate of 0.5497. He said the county's present effective rate is about 0.5132, which is essentially the no-new-revenue level.
The judge…
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