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Resident blames County Judge Chris Hill for tax-rate decisions that he says reduced funding for services
Summary
Joshua Murray criticized County Judge Chris Hill during public comment, arguing Hill supported a tax rate at the 'no new revenue' level and that the approach has left departments underfunded, contributing to the need for higher taxes now.
Joshua Murray used his three minutes during public comment to criticize the county's tax-rate choices and to name County Judge Chris Hill as the architect of policy he said reduced funding for county services.
Murray said the projected tax rate being proposed does not account for inflation or the county’s long-term needs and argued that when the county once raised taxes, Judge Hill pointed fingers at other commissioners rather than accepting responsibility. He asserted that "since the county judge became a commissioner on this dais and sat on this dais, he has supported defunding the police and defunding the government," and concluded, "let the record show that it's nobody else's fault besides yourself," addressing the judge by name.
The court did not respond substantively to Murray's allegations during public comment; no formal action followed from the statements in the meeting.
