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Taylor County court adopts proposed FY2025 budget, sets proposed tax rate after 4–1 votes
Summary
Taylor County Commissioners Court approved a proposed fiscal year 2025 budget 4–1 and set a proposed 2024 tax rate of 0.5486 (2.87 cents over the no-new-revenue rate) after debate about issuing $10 million in certificates of obligation for jail and law-enforcement projects and using ARPA funds for one-time costs.
The Taylor County Commissioners Court approved a proposed fiscal year 2025 budget on a 4–1 roll-call vote and set a proposed 2024 tax rate of 0.5486, a 2.87-cent increase over the no-new-revenue rate.
The court’s debate centered on how to pay for aging county infrastructure and law-enforcement needs. County leaders said a proposed $10 million certificates-of-obligation (CO) issuance would cover projects including jail roof repairs, a training facility for law enforcement and storage to protect seized vehicles. County Judge (name not stated) said the budget would add two deputy constables, four sheriff’s deputies, and funding for three full-time ambulances, and that “this budget delivers on public safety, and moving that…
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