At Monday’s meeting of the Brown County Commissioners Court, approval was given to a new County budget and a new County Ad Valorem tax rate. The total County budget for the 2025/2026 fiscal year, which begins October 1, is $34,398,134. The Commissioners approved three ad valorem tax rates: Maintenance and Operations: $0.39624 per $100 valuation; Debt Service: $0.02385; and Road & Flood: $0.07473. The total of the three is $0.49482 per $100 valuation, which the Commissioners approved as the total ad valorem tax rate. The new tax rate is an increase of 4.83% over the current ad valorem tax rate of $0.4720.

The average homestead taxable value, as set by the Brown County Appraisal District, is now $189,197, an increase of 6.16% over last year’s average homestead taxable value of $178,217. The

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