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Uvalde County adopts 2025–26 property tax rate of $0.6139 per $100 valuation
Summary
After a brief public hearing with limited public comment, the Uvalde County Commissioners Court adopted a proposed 2025–26 property tax rate of 0.6139 per $100 valuation by a 5–0 recorded vote; the rate exceeds the no‑new‑revenue rate but falls below the voter‑approval threshold, so no election is required.
The Uvalde County Commissioners Court on Sept. 22 adopted a 2025–26 ad valorem tax rate of 0.6139 per $100 valuation after a statutorily required public hearing and a recorded 5–0 vote.
County auditor Alice Chapman read the required notice and explained the county’s three comparison rates: the proposed rate of 0.6139 per $100 valuation, the no‑new‑revenue rate of 0.544961 per $100, and the voter‑approval rate of 0.613989 per $100. "The proposed tax rate is greater than the no new revenue tax rate," Chapman stated during the hearing, which the auditor said means the county will raise property tax revenue for 2025 compared with the 2024 tax year. Because the adopted rate is below the voter‑approval rate, Chapman said the county is not required to hold an election on the rate.
Why it matters: county staff said the composite rate includes a maintenance-and-operations (M&O) portion of 0.4258, an interest-and-sinking (debt service) portion of 0.0817 and a farm-to-market rate of 0.064, producing the adopted 0.6139 total. Staff provided an example of impact: on a $100,000 taxable home, the change translates to roughly $14.80 more in annual county property tax, and the M&O levy effectively increased by about 4.26% from last year.
Public input and budget context: one speaker, Diana Alvello Carew, addressed the court during the tax discussion and said she reviewed the proposed budget and interlocal agreements. "We have a $62,900,000 budget. You're gonna be asking taxpayers to pay 61¢ for every $100 of the assessed value of their property," Carew said, urging clarity on line items such as the tobacco settlement fund and program funding. County officials noted that some interlocal agreements remain outstanding and warned that organizations that do not submit required paperwork by Oct. 1 risk delay in funding under the new budget year.
Vote and next steps: the court took a record vote on the rate and then read and adopted the required resolution formalizing the levy; the judge will sign the documents and staff will post the required notices and calculations to the county website as directed by state law. The resolution and the signed documents will be posted publicly per statutory requirements.
