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Hemphill County adopts 2025–26 budget and sets tax rate at 0.53 to raise $184,873
Summary
The Hemphill County Commissioners' Court adopted the 2025–2026 operating budget and approved a tax rate of 0.53 (0.38 general; 0.15 road and bridge), which the court recorded will raise $184,873 more than last year and generate $10,959.45 from new property.
The Hemphill County Commissioners' Court adopted the 2025–2026 fiscal year operating budget and approved a 2025 tax rate of 0.53 at its Sept. 8 meeting.
Commissioner Tim Alexander moved to adopt the proposed budget; the court recorded that the budget will raise $184,873 more in property tax revenue than last year (a 3.06% increase) and that the revenue attributable to new property on the tax roll is $10,959.45. Commissioner Dawn Webb moved to set the tax rate at 0.53 (0.38 general; 0.15 road and bridge); Tim Alexander seconded both motions and the measures carried with all members voting in favor.
Judge Lisa Johnson said she corrected the Ad Valorem tax revenue calculation to use Adjusted Values prepared by Tax Assessor/Collector Chris Jackson, producing the updated revenue figures the court relied on in adopting the budget. The court held a public hearing on the proposed tax rate, opened at 9:13 a.m. and closed at 9:14 a.m., during which no members of the public spoke.
The budget and tax-rate actions were presented as routine budgetary business tied to the county's revenue estimates for 2025–26. The court's published motion language stated, "This rate will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year by an amount of $184,873," a figure the court used to justify the adopted levy.
The court did not identify additional conditions or contingencies for the budget adoption. The vote on both the budget and the tax rate was recorded as carried unopposed.
