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Lavaca County keeps tax rate, adopts 2024' 25 budget after public hearings
Summary
After public comment, Lavaca County Commissioners Court on Aug. 26 approved the 2024' 25 budget and kept the county tax rate at 0.5132, acknowledging $916,104 in new property-tax revenue and routing additional reserve money toward road work.
Lavaca County Commissioners Court on Monday approved the county's 2024' 25 budget and kept the overall tax rate unchanged at 0.5132, the judge announced after a public hearing and unanimous vote.
The court acknowledged that the adopted budget will raise $916,104 more in property-tax revenue than last year (a 4.85% increase) and that $345,309 of that increase is attributable to new property added to the tax rolls, the County Judge said. The court voted in favor of the budget and the tax-rate motion on voice votes and show-of-hands recorded as unanimous.
Why it matters: The county said it intends to use part of its fund balance to accelerate road work. The County Judge told…
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