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Burleson County adopts FY2025 budget and sets 2024 tax rate at 0.4600, a 17.18% effective increase
Summary
Burleson County Commissioners Court unanimously adopted the FY2025 county budget and a 2024 property tax rate of 0.4600 — described in the record as an effective 17.18% increase — and approved a slate of routine contracts, appointments and grant acceptances.
County Judge Keith Schroeder and the Burleson County Commissioners unanimously adopted the county’s FY2025 budget and approved a 2024 property tax rate of 0.4600 during a regular meeting on Sept. 9, 2024 in Caldwell.
The court’s recorded vote on the budget showed Judge Keith Schroeder and Commissioners Dwayne Faust, Vincent Svec, David Hildebrand and Robert “Bobby” Urbanosky voting Aye. The adopted tax rate — composed of a maintenance and operations component of $0.37675 and an interest and sinking/ farm-to-market component of $0.07500 — was described in the meeting record as an effective 17.18 percent increase in the tax rate.
Why it matters: Adopting the budget and tax rate establishes spending and revenue levels for the county’s fiscal year and affects property owners countywide. The court opened public hearings earlier in the session on elected officials’ pay, the proposed budget and a proposed…
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