Bandera County Commissioners on Thursday, Sept. 24, approved a $23.9 million budget that maintains the current property tax rate of 67.69 cents per $100 valuation, a rate that has not changed in 10 years. No one came to criticize the budget or tax rate at a public hearing the court held on the spending plan before commissioners took their final vote on the budget, which has been under evaluation since the summer. Commissioners and County Judge Richard Evans were happy to have a budget that should meet all the basic needs of county departments and provide for a limited amount of new ...