Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly wants the county to dip into its savings to avoid raising its tax rate in the wake of deadly and devastating flooding.

The July 4 floods killed 108 people — 71 adults and 37 children — in Kerr County. Now, recovery costs and the loss of tax revenue from destroyed riverside properties are straining the county government’s budget plans.

“This is potentially an existential dilemma for the county and whether or not we’re gonna be able to provide county services, public services,” Kelly said at the Kerr County Commissioners Court on Monday.

“And I just throw that out because we’ll do this again next year and see where we are. I feel fairly comfortable we can get from here to there. I don’t know about from there (to) anywhere else."

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