A newly-proposed Kerr County budget suggests leaders may not raise property tax rates on residents in the upcoming fiscal year, beginning Oct. 1.

Kerr County released its first proposed budget Friday, following concerns over potential property tax increases.

The proposed budget estimates an additional $2.7 million in revenue from property taxes during the fiscal year, but the increase would not come from a rate hike.

The court was supposed to meet Friday to discuss tax rates and salary increases, but that meeting was canceled.

At a Commissioners Court meeting Monday, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly emphasized that he used the no-new-revenue tax rate, one that would generate the same revenue as the year prior.

The proposed budget utilizes an identical property tax rate to the current prope

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