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Commissioners unanimously approve Denton County—s 2025 certified appraisal roll, set tax-rate figures and pass multiple contracts
Summary
After public comment, the court approved the 2025 certified appraisal roll, set no-new-revenue and voter-approval tax rates for tax year 2025, certified excess debt collections for 2024, and approved a series of procurement and contract items, all by unanimous votes.
Denton County Commissioners on Aug. 5 unanimously approved the county—s 2025 certified appraisal roll, set 2025 tax-rate figures used to calculate property taxes and approved multiple procurement and contract actions including a municipal advisory agreement with Hilltop Securities, Inc.
The Tax Assessor-Collector—s office read the certified values into the record. Total appraised value for tax year 2025 was presented as $241,860,740,890; net appraised value after homestead adjustments was presented as $235,718,966,232. The court moved to approve the certified appraisal roll; the motion by Commissioner Williams, second by Commissioner Falconer, carried unanimously.
The court then approved the tax-rate figures the county will use for notices and calculations: a no-new-revenue rate of 0.178973, a voter-approval rate of 0.188075 and a de minimis rate of 0.179323. The motion to approve tax-rate figures was made by Commissioner Edmonson and seconded by Commissioner Mitchell and carried unanimously.
The court also certified the county—s excess debt collections for 2024 at $7,938,425 and approved a municipal advisory agreement with Hilltop Securities, Inc. Other items approved on the consent agenda included multiple procurement actions, the selection and ranking of firms for engineering services and contract awards for tax-statement preparation and ERP post-production support.
Votes at a glance: - Approval of 2025 certified appraisal roll — Motion: Commissioner Williams; Second: Commissioner Falconer; Outcome: approved unanimously. - Approval of no-new-revenue and voter-approval tax rates for tax year 2025 — Motion: Commissioner Edmonson; Second: Commissioner Mitchell; Outcome: approved unanimously. - Certification of 2024 excess debt collections ($7,938,425) — Motion: not specified on record; Second: Commissioner Mitchell; Outcome: approved unanimously. - Municipal advisory agreement with Hilltop Securities, Inc. — Motion: Chair; Second: Commissioner Williams; Outcome: approved unanimously. - Consent agenda (appointments, procurements, RFP/RFQ awards, leases and interlocal agreements) — Motion: Commissioner Mitchell; Second: Commissioner Falconer; Outcome: approved unanimously.
Why it matters: approving the certified appraisal roll and establishing tax-rate figures provides the legal foundation for property-tax notices and the county—s revenue calculations for tax year 2025. Contract approvals set vendor relationships and project scopes for county services and capital projects.
Speakers (attributed): Miss Way (Tax Assessor-Collector's office, presented appraisal-roll figures); Donna/Stacy and other staff members participated in procurement and finance presentations. Commissioners voting on motions included Commissioner Williams, Commissioner Falconer, Commissioner Edmonson, Commissioner Mitchell and Commissioner Parker; all recorded motions carried unanimously.
Ending: After approving administrative and financial items, the court heard community updates, received a human-resources report on promotions and hires and recessed into executive session to discuss real-property and personnel matters under Texas Government Code.
