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Matagorda County proposes 2025 tax rate of 0.33651, schedules Aug. 25 public hearing
Summary
Matagorda County Commissioners proposed a combined 2025 tax rate of 0.33651 (M&O 0.32920; I&S 0.00731) and set a public hearing for Aug. 25, 2025, at 9:55 a.m.; the proposal passed the court unanimously and will be considered at the hearing.
The Matagorda County Commissioners' Court on Aug. 11, 2025 proposed a combined 2025 tax rate of 0.33651 and set a public hearing on the measure for 9:55 a.m. on Aug. 25, 2025.
Commissioner Mike Estlinbaum moved to propose a Maintenance and Operation (M&O) tax rate of 0.32920 and an Interest and Sinking (I&S) tax rate of 0.00731, for a total of 0.33651; Commissioner Shimek seconded the motion, which carried 5–0. Commissioner Cook then moved, and Commissioner Shimek seconded, to set a public hearing on Aug. 25, 2025 at 9:55 a.m. to discuss and adopt the proposed rates; that motion also carried unanimously.
The hearing is the next formal opportunity for members of the public to comment and for the court to adopt a final tax rate. The court’s minutes do not record staff presenting revenue estimates, rollback calculations, or detailed fiscal impacts during the Aug. 11 session; those details are typically provided in the public hearing materials or budget documentation that will accompany the Aug. 25 hearing.
Procedure and next steps: the court must hold the advertised public hearing before adopting a final rate. If the court adopts the proposed combined rate at the hearing, that would set county property tax levies for 2025; the court’s Aug. 11 action was to propose the rates and schedule the hearing, not to adopt them.
