LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Lubbock County commissioners approved the budget and tax rate for next year.
Commissioners approved the no-new-revenue rate, which could potentially limit some of the funding county department heads have requested over the past month.
The rate would bring in about $113 million in property tax revenue, an increase of about $108,000 over last year. It also gives a $27 a year discount to the average homeowner’s tax bill.
The no-new-revenue tax rate provides a 3% raise for most employees and state-funded raises for some positions at the Juvenile Justice Center. It does not fund the entire IT budget requests.
Lubbock County Sheriff Kelly Rowe and District Attorney Sunshine Stanek told commissioners last month this doesn’t meet the needs of the county.
Commissioners also adopted the property tax rate for the Lubbock County Hospital District, which is UMC. The hospital’s levy is set at just shy of 10 cents per $100 valuation. This will bring in about $34 million in revenue.
Hospital administrators are hoping the commissioners court will adjust how it handles care for inmates at the Lubbock County Detention Center. UMC CEO Mark Funderburk told commissioners about a month ago it costs about a third of the hospital’s revenue to cover that cost, about $11 million.
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