Bandera County commissioners will vote on adopting a new budget of about $23.8 million and on a property tax rate of 67.69 cents per $100 valuation that has not changed in a decade after holding a public hearing on the 2020-2021 budget at their regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 24. The budget, about $762,000 larger than the current budget, has not generated much controversy in large part because it again calls for no tax rate increase, does not require that any staff be furloughed or laid off and strives to keep county departments up to date without a devastating reduction in ...