Parker County adopts $100.7M budget and sets no‑new‑revenue tax rate of 0.285070

The Parker County Commissioners Court on Sept. 2025 adopted the county’s FY2025–26 budget and set the total property tax rate at 0.285070, a no‑new‑revenue rate that the court said will collect roughly the same tax levy from existing taxpayers as last year.

Budget staff presented detailed components of the levy: the general fund maintenance and operations rate at 0.178562, the debt service rate at 0.056460 and a lateral road and bridge rate of 0.050048. Commissioners debated contingency sizing and fund‑balance impacts before approving an added contingency package totaling $5,700,000, which the court allocated with $3,200,000 labeled for land use and facilities and $1,792,250 as a general contingency to be used as needed. The court’s motion to adopt the budget and contingency passed 5–0.

Commissioner (S8), speaking for the budget committee, thanked staff and committee members and said the county will expand public involvement next year: “We will be expanding that for year 2 for more public involvement. We will try to announce the meetings ahead of time.” The court also discussed projected fund balance and credit‑rating implications while voting to adopt the budget.

With the budget adopted, the court voted sequentially on each rate component and then the total tax rate. The adopted tax structure and the contingency footnotes will be reflected in the formal adopted budget documents and posted per statutory requirements. The court adjourned after completing the tax‑rate votes.