Guadalupe County commissioners passed a $114.54 million budget for fiscal year 2025-26 and adopted a tax rate increase Sept. 2 .

The overview

The county adopted a property tax rate of $0.3304 per $100 valuation—a 4% increase over the no-new-revenue tax rate of $0.3177, according to agenda documents.

The rate increase will generate an estimated $5.7 million in additional revenue, $2.9 million of which comes from new property growth, according to the county’s proposed budget document . The increase is driven by investments in public safety, infrastructure, personnel and emergency response.

The $114.54 million budget includes 33 new full-time positions, including 24 in public safety positions, according to budget documents. A 3% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is included for elig

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