Commissioners hold line on tax rate

Freestone County Commissioners aimed to keep next year’s tax rate the same as this year’s, and they succeeded.

The court passed the new tax rate and budget for the upcoming fiscal year at the Wednesday, Aug. 21, meeting, during the final vote on the matter for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.

Before taking the final vote, the court members took a while to look for final changes needed. The current and new tax rate is $0.3219 per $100 appraisal. No one from the public attended Wednesday’s meeting to comment on the proposed