Dallas County delayed its budget vote as commissioners wait for the budget office to get correct estimates after an updated payroll software program bungled...
The 2024 county general fund is expected to be $833 million. The budget office has recommended the lowest tax rate the county has ever had — .215718%, or about $629.57 on a home valued at $291,847.The Dallas Morning News
that salaries and benefits account for more than 85% of the county’s general fund. She said on Aug. 22 that the day prior, she had received updated and settled county books for the month of May, leaving her office months behind.The window to pass a budget and a tax rate for 2024 is fast approaching: The state deadline to approve a tax rate is Sept. 30.
Commissioners called for a special meeting Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. to vote on a budget and tax rate. Watkins warned them that this could be one of the last opportunities to do it without major complications. If commissioners do not pass the budget on the 12th, Watkins would have to publish another public notice and wait ten more days, pushing the county up against the state deadline.
“We can’t change it after that, because I would have to post it for 10 days,” Watkins told commissioners. “We have gotta make sure we are here for the 12th.”Tax Assessor and Collector John Ames said in an interview that his office should be fine with the delay, but it means less time for staff to apply tax rates for 84 different entities — school districts, cities and the county — to hundreds of thousands of property owners.
“We want to do a lot of verification to make sure that whatever we do, the system is all accurate,” he said.
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