Unidentified Speaker 1, a member of the Williamson County Board of Commissioners, opened the Nov. 25 meeting and moved to table three 708 opioid funding applications until county staff and applicants resolve outstanding questions: "I'd like to go ahead and table this once again, till our next meeting," she said.

The board then turned to fiscal business. The panel approved an amended 2024-25 budget that was posted online for two weeks with no substantive changes. Unidentified Speaker 3 moved to approve the amended 2024-25 budget and the motion was seconded and carried on roll call.

The board’s main action was adopting the 2025-26 final budget. Unidentified Speaker 1 said the budget was posted for public review and that only minor adjustments had been made after auditor review. She explained that the county records revenues on a cash basis and that this year’s final total rose by about $5,000,000 because a third installment of tax receipts was received late in the calendar year; without that installment she said the budget would have been closer to $30,000,000. Unidentified Speaker 3 moved to adopt the 2025-26 final budget; the motion passed on roll call.

Separately, the board approved the annual appropriations resolution (Resolution 25-11-25-71), which the chair described as the instrument that funds the county’s various internal funds and reflects corporate and other lines used to pay debt and services. The board then approved the statement of tax levies for 2026 (Resolution 25-11-25-72). County staff explained the role of the collector’s fund and that it holds collections temporarily before distributing them to taxing entities: "that's our collector's fund that we collect all taxes for the county and then distribute them to all entities," Unidentified Speaker 4 said. The tax levy total discussed during the meeting was 26,440,908.

The board also adopted a jail bond abatement (Resolution 25-11-25-73). The chair said using available general-fund revenue to make the debt-service payment avoids placing that payment back on the tax roll; Unidentified Speaker 4 estimated this approach saved taxpayers about $1,210,000 in additional levy that otherwise would have been required. The motion to approve the jail bond abatement passed on roll call.

There were no public comments. The board noted there were no pending animal control facility matters, travel reimbursements, or outstanding ARPA reporting items. With no executive session required, the meeting adjourned.

What happens next: the county’s budget and the listed resolutions take effect according to normal county procedures; the board indicated follow-up work will include staff meetings to resolve questions on the tabled opioid funding applications before the next meeting.