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Coryell County residents urge cuts as commissioners consider FY2026 budget and proposed tax-rate notice
Summary
Hundreds of local residents pressed Coryell County officials to trim the amended FY2026 budget and abandon a published 53¢ tax-rate notice (an effective 21.1% rate increase). Speakers demanded line‑item transparency, questioned salary supplements and ARPA spending, and asked commissioners to pursue a no-new-revenue alternative.
Hundreds of Coryell County residents packed the county courthouse and spoke by Zoom Tuesday during a pair of public hearings on the county's amended FY2026 budget and a statutorily required tax-rate notice. Commenters repeatedly asked the commissioners court to reduce add-ons to a proposed budget that currently shows an 8.6% net increase and to drop the published 53¢ per $100 valuation rate that the court said represents the statutory proposal and an effective 21.1% increase.
Speakers including Doug Ashley (Precinct 1), Jennifer Humphreys (Precinct 3) and others criticized recurring tax increases going back several years, highlighted large “supplement” payments to certain positions, and pressed for public posting of check registers and contract details. "There is some wasteful spending in this budget," said Doug…
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