EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso County commissioners voted Monday, Aug. 18 to raise the property tax rate, a move expected to cost the average homeowner about $137 more a year or $11.48 a month.
The new tax rate is $0.458889 per $100 of property value, up from last year’s $0.426323. Last time the County adopted this higher rate was two years ago.
The vote was 4–1, with Precinct 3 Commissioner Iliana Holguin the lone “no” vote…