Department heads begin process of 2020-21 county budget

ack County Judge Keith Umphress said it might be time to give back to county residents.

During a preliminary overview of the 2020-21 budget, which will not begin until October, Umphress told county commissioners and department heads, during Monday morning’s regular meeting of the commissioner court, that with a preliminary 2.47% increase in tax valuation they should consider the process of giving money back to residents.

“We have to deal with falling oil prices which we know are coming back, but we don’t know when,” Umphress said during a 45-minute presentation. “During this decision making time, we need to ask ourselves are our constituents be able to write our tax bills in January?”

For the full story, see the Wednesday, May 13, edition of the Jacksboro Herald-Gazette.