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Maverick County adopts $29.9 million FY2025 budget and sets tax rate at 0.394529
Summary
The Maverick County Commissioners Court approved a balanced $29,887,502 fiscal 2025 budget that includes new longevity payments, added public-safety positions and precinct road funding, and unanimously adopted a 0.394529 property tax rate on Sept. 26, 2024.
Unidentified Speaker 1, presenting on behalf of the court on Sept. 26, 2024, proposed a balanced fiscal year 2025 budget totaling $29,887,502 and outlined key additions and funding sources. "A budget that is balanced, in the total amount of $29,887,502," the presenter said, and noted roughly $2,100,000 in support coming from the newly created Maverick County Housing Finance Corporation (HFC).
The court approved changes that increase employee longevity pay and add public-safety and frontline staffing. The presenter proposed increasing longevity for employees with more than three years of service to $15 per month and providing $8 per month to employees with less than three years. The court said the longevity payments are expected to be distributed in November or December.
The budget also includes three additional deputies, one deputy corporal and one dispatcher for the sheriff’s department; roughly $433,000 set aside countywide for repairs and maintenance (including about $100,000 for parks and…
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