Rockwall County

The public hearing is to discuss the proposed tax rate for the current tax year, which exceeds the no-new-revenue tax rate, indicating a potential increase in property taxes. The hearing will address the comparison between taxes imposed on the average residence homestead last year and the proposed taxes for this year, including changes in total tax rate, average homestead taxable value, tax on average homestead, and total tax levy on all properties. Adjustments to the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate related to state criminal justice mandates, indigent health care compensation expenditures, indigent defense compensation expenditures, and eligible county hospital expenditures will also be discussed.

The Commissioners Court of Rockwall County will hold a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget and consider the budget for adoption. The budget will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget, with a portion of the increase from new property added to the tax roll.

The agenda includes the approval of unpaid claims, with a total value of $1,311,871.47. Specific claims include court-appointed attorneys, gas, oil, maintenance, office supplies, and other services.

The Rockwall County Commissioners Court reviewed and approved a summary of unpaid claims. The total amount of unpaid claims to be approved was $1,145,772.38. The claims covered various expenses, including wellness shirts, travel registrations, equine therapy, collection services, postage, employee benefits, central appraisal, legal services, professional fees, telephone communications, equipment repairs, office supplies, remote birth certificates, gas, oil, and maintenance, translator/interpreter services, visiting judges, grand judges, court-appointed services, and equipment/furniture.

The meeting focused on the approval of unpaid claims across various county departments and funds. These included claims for translator services, copier expenses, juror payments, investigation costs, court-appointed services, uniform maintenance, equipment and furniture, travel and training, office supplies, digital research, residential placements, detention services, electronic monitoring, juvenile expenses, drug testing, community programs, shop supplies, road construction, building repairs, rental equipment, counseling services, gas and oil maintenance, program supplies, travel expenses, indexing and scanning, record destruction, and outer loop improvements. Additionally, software and fire records, physician fees, hospital outpatient services, prescription drugs, consulting services, remodeling and construction, capital outlay, and election services were covered.