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Brooks County approves proposed tax rate of 0.900847 after brief recess
Summary
After an overnight recess, the Brooks County Commissioners' Court approved a proposed tax rate of 0.900847—a 1.5-cent increase from current levels—on Aug. 9, 2024. The vote followed a budget workshop and passed on a 4-yes roll-call.
The Brooks County Commissioners' Court voted Aug. 9 to set the proposed 2024 tax rate at 0.900847 after reconvening from an overnight recess. Commissioner Eduardo "Eddie" Garza moved to approve the rate and Commissioner Martin "Marty" Cabrera seconded; the motion carried on a roll-call vote recorded as Yes = 4.
Judge Eric Ramos distributed the rate proposal and framed it as a compromise: "proposing a tax rate of 0.900847 which is a tax increase of 1.5 cents instead of the 2.5 cent increase (no new revenue)," the court record shows. The court rescinded an earlier motion tied to a different proposed rate and then approved the tax-rate motion to align prior approvals with the newly adopted rate.
The tax-rate action followed a budget workshop in which county leaders reviewed revenue adjustments and spending changes intended to narrow a previously reported shortfall. The court did not adopt final budget ordinance language during the vote recorded in open court; the transcript records only the motion to set the proposed rate and related roll-call vote.
