HAYS COUNTY, Texas — County Judge Ruben Becerra presented the 2020 Fiscal Year recommended Hays County Budget to the rest of the commissioners' court.
Becerra's recommended budget was $273,097,653.
According to a release on Monday, initial budget requests were in excess of $22.7 million, but Becerra reduced the requests by $15.3 million to maintain the current tax rate of 43.37 per $100 valuation of property.
“I’d like to see us work to lower the tax rate to the effective rate of 40.51 cents per $100 valuation,” said Becerra.
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Some of the more notable parts of the budget include:
- $718,000 for expansion of the flood warning system.
- $872,000 for equipment for the new jail and public safety building.
- $3 million for salaries for additional jail employees.
- $260,000 to increase salaries for law enforcement per voter-approved Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- $905,000 for a 2% cost-of-living raise for employees and a 1% merit pool for employees making less than $100,000.
For more on the Fiscal Year 2020 budget plan, you can head to the Hays County website.
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