NEWS
Montague County retains .4961 cents tax rate for 2025
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Montague County Commissioners Monday accepted the 2025-26 proposed budget retaining the present tax rate letting higher property values provide additional revenues.
The public hearing on the budget will be at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 25 in the courthouse annex. This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year by $651,877, and 2.78% of that $9,394.41 in tax revenues will be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year.
The proposed tax rate is .4961 cents per $100 in property value. A public hearing on the tax rate will be at 8:45 a.m. on Aug. 25, just after the budget hearing and prior to the regular court meeting at 9 a.m.
For 2025 the average homestead taxable value is $168,221, which is a 6.8% increase about the prior year. Tax on the average homestead is $834, a 6.78% increase above $781 in 2024. The total county tax levy on all properties is $13,733,844, which is a 5.55% increase.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 11.
After the consent agenda and public comments, the court will discuss an interlocal agreement between precinct two and the Bowie Sports Association for the baseball complex.
Precinct three will ask for a line-time budget adjustment of $15,000 from operating expenses to part-time.
The court will open and consider accepting sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil, all on a 90-day contract.
The consent agenda of minutes, bills and reports also is slated.
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