BY PARKS KUGLE & ANNA MANESS
County approves budget, sets FY 202425 tax rate Williamson County Commissioners Court approved a $635.13 million scal year 2024-25 bud- get and set the 2024 county tax rate at $0.399999 per $100 valuation during an Aug. 27 Commission- ers Court meeting. The breakdown The adopted county budget can be broken down into three funds: general, road and bridge, and debt service. This budget is about $75.02 million higher than the 2023-24 adopted budget of $560.11 million, according to county documents. The details The budget includes 42 new full-time positions and the conversion of three part-time positions to full-time. The new positions include a county administrator and roles in the tax assessor-collector, elections, technology and facilities oces.
WilCo discusses plans for justice center, jail Williamson County Precinct 3 Commis- sioner Valerie Covey presented the justice center and jail strategic plan Aug. 20. In a nutshell The plan proposes interim solutions as well as options for building sites as the county has either outgrown its current facilities or will in the future due to continued growth. Though the jail has capacity, including an un nished fourth oor, which could extend the life of the facility, the justice center does not have enough space, Covey said. However, Covey said there will be 10,000 square feet of space available in the new county headquarters’s basement that can be used for justice center overow. Options for potential building sites included several in downtown Georgetown.
County funds
General fund: $361.22M
Total $635.13M
Debt service fund: $200.75M Road and bridge fund: $73.15M
NOTE: NUMBERS MAY NOT EQUAL TOTAL DUE TO ROUNDING.
SOURCE: WILLIAMSON COUNTYCOMMUNITY IMPACT
The general fund budget also includes an $18.03 million purchase of a 28-acre property with a 75,000 square-foot building. Under the new budget, all civilian employees will receive a 3% cost-of-living and 3% merit increase, while law enforcement and corrections personnel will receive a 3% cost-of-living increase and a step increase of 2%-2.5%. The impact The approved 2024 county tax rate of $0.399999 per $100 valuation will increase annual property taxes on the average homestead residence by $191.45, according to a news release.
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