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COMMISSIONERS' COURT CONVENED IN SPECIAL SESSION ON
Wednesday, September 16, 1992 with the following Officers
present; W. G. Stacy, County Judge, R. Gordon Morgan, Comm.
Prect # 1, T. H. Lackey, Comm. Prect # 2, Glenn Holekamp,
L'omm. Prect # 3 and Bruce Oehler, Comm. Prect # 4, and the
following proceedings were had:
Tommy Tomlinson, County Auditor gave the Court the summary of
the budget. He stated that from a meeting prior to this the
cash values had gone upward because oŁ some reimbursements to
the County, such as the DPS Step Program that was initiated,
the County Clcsrk had a substantial amount of collected fees
that he didn't know of. The expenditures still remain the
same as the budget was filed. The survey done by Allison 8
Associates had the sheriff's department with one and one half
persons less than they had. The increase in salary of
Constable # 2 and the change of surety bonds for Prect #
1, 2, 3, and 4. As a result the Tax Rate to be .3054 Łor 92-93
Budget being up 1.9 cents over effective tax rate.
Commissioner Morgan, complimented the Auditor for doing the
budget a multipy of times.
Commissioner Holekamp, stated his work was greatly
appreciated and the tax rate was one we could live with.
Commissioner Oehler, we did have a loss of income due to the
interest rates being so low and this was a big factor in our
budget.
Public - genearal public is hurting, and I think the County
should tighten there belts like us taxpayers do. City and
School taxes are going up and we citizens can't take much
more. Judge Stacy stated the budget in general looked fine,
but it is our state mandated programs that are really hurting
us. Commissioner Holekamp stated that Law Enforcement was a
big part of our budget and the public wants law and order,
the rest of our budget has decreased.
Ellis Cooper stated he has beer, a resident: of Kerr County for
5 years and he moved here from Houston because of the high
tax rate they-e, but now it seems Kerr County is doing the
same. This County has very little industry that can be
taxed, and people that are on a fixed income have a hard time
making ends meet. These retired people are the same people
that keep your doctors, dentists etc. in business. Retirees
won't move here iŁ the trend oŁ taxation Y.eeps going up.
The public meeting came to a close at ].0:35 A. M. with the
proposed tax rate of .3054.
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