Denton County residents, take note. In what seems to be an annual democratic exercise, the proposed budget for the county’s Fiscal Year 2025-2026 is now on the table, with a public hearing scheduled for the early days of September. Here’s what’s brewing: this budget is projected to increase total property taxes by a touch over 5%, a hike that boasts a hefty sum of $16,075,014 more than the previous year, according to a notice issued by Denton County.
Breaking it down, that increase isn’t just for kicks, as the budget specifies that $11,508,961 of that uptick will come from new property shuffling into the tax roll this year, so it’s not just existing homeowners who will feel the shift in their pockets, but encounter near-future residents as well. The details of the budget await public scrutiny on the Denton County website starting September 4—the county making it clear they’re all about transparency before the hearing spins up the following week…