Current Issues: Highway and transportation expansion throughout McLennan County
Balanced Budget for 2023 (Beginning May 6) - in past budget cycles Commissioner Jones has remained fiscally responsible with your tax dollars; Since 2013 he has proposed and our county taxes have look like this:
FY2014 Rollback Rate 0.535292 per $100 val When Commissioner Jones took office the county was in a $8.9M budget DEFICIT; although this rate was a 5.51% increase, this increase was necessary to keep the county bond rating positive and to keep the county solvent.
FY2015 Stay 0.535293 per $100 val(with the requirement that each county department cut 5% to 7% of all spending and/or duplicate staff.)
FY2016 Cut of .02 cent 0.515108 per $100 val
FY2017 Cut of .01 cent 0.505293 per $100 val
FY2018 Effective tax rate 0.505293 per $100 val
FY2019 Cut of .02 cent 0.485293 per $100 val
FY 2020 Cut of .03 cent 0.485293 per $100 val
FY 2021 Cut of 4.5 cents 0.425000 per $100 val (STARTED WITH .468719 PROPOSED)
Distribution of American Recovery Plan Act (ARP) Funds