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Brooks County tables proposed tax‑rate language as budget workshop continues
Summary
Brooks County Commissioners tabled adoption of a proposed 2024–25 tax‑rate statement and continued a budget workshop; Judge Eric Ramos said two industrial firms had offered to help with a 20% match on a separate USDOT grant discussion. The tax‑rate language stated the effective rate would rise 5.43%.
Brooks County Commissioners on Sept. 12 tabled consideration of proposed tax‑rate language for fiscal year 2024–2025 while continuing a budget workshop that explored fund balances and possible cost savings.
The proposed language, included in the meeting agenda, read in part: "THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 5.43 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $70.21." Commissioner Martin "Marty" Cabrera moved to table the item; Commissioner Horacio Villarreal III seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.
During a related budget workshop, the Court discussed Fund 12 (noted in the record as balanced) and referenced fund‑balance figures discussed during the meeting (a read figure of $703,000 and a stated figure of $1.5 million in fund balance during the discussion). Judge Eric Ramos summarized revenue and expenditure pressures and referenced ideas attributed to Commissioner Rolando Gutierrez, including potential elimination of a stipend for CDL drivers that was estimated in the record at $17,000 in savings. No formal budget action or vote was recorded on those proposals at this meeting.
The Court adjourned the session at 9:47 a.m. on a unanimous motion following the scheduled agenda.
