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Williamson County commission adopts $348 million budget and moves to keep tax rate
Summary
After committee review and line-item votes, the commission adopted Resolution 7084 approving a $348,005,454 amended budget (24–0 recorded vote) and moved Resolution 7085 to fix the tax levy, indicating the commission intends to maintain the current rate (reported as 2.31).
Williamson County commissioners voted to adopt the amended fiscal-year 2008–2009 budget (Resolution 7084) that sets appropriations across county funds and schools and a series of related subtotals.
The budget process included line-by-line motions on major categories — general administration ($10,751,923), public safety ($15,312,187), and a general fund total of $65,382,434 — before commissioners adopted the total amended budget, which County staff reported as $348,005,454. Budget committee chair Commissioner Russell Little moved adoption; Commissioner Mills seconded. The clerk recorded a roll-call result of 24 yes votes to adopt Resolution 7084.
Immediately after adopting the budget, Commissioner Little moved Resolution 7085 to fix the county tax levy for the coming fiscal year; commissioners discussed keeping “the same tax rate” and the meeting record notes the tax rate as “2.31” during the discussion. The meeting recessed for lunch immediately after the motion and the vote record for Resolution 7085 is not captured in the available segments before recess.
Finance director David Coleman and budget committee members presented the figures and answered questions during the session. Coleman walked commissioners through subtotals and the book of combined funds; the commission approved each subtotal by recorded vote.
The adopted budget includes school-system appropriations presented at the meeting and a number of special funds and debt-service totals that were approved as part of the single appropriations resolution. Commissioners also adopted smaller amendments during the session (for example, an adjustment to the drug-control fund), and the formal declaration process for conflicts of interest was handled before final votes.
Next procedural steps recorded in the meeting: staff to implement the adopted appropriations and to proceed under the tax levy resolution as the commission formalizes the levy vote and any required tax-rate notices.
