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Alan Skidmore, Commissioner Precinct 1

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Ronald Bass, Commissioner Precinct 3

Kevin Anderson, Commissioner Precinct 4

Mailing Address:
119 N. Main Street
Paris, TX 75460
  • The 2025-2026 budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of $1,558,649 which is a 9.2% increase from last year's budget.

    The property tax revenue amount budgeted from Lamar County's maintenance and operations (M&O) for the current budget year is $17,735,092. The amount budgeted for the prior two years is as follows:

    2024-2025: 16,162,859
    2023-2024: 15,616,186

    The property tax revenue amount budgeted from Lamar County's debt service (I&S) for the current budget year is $767,143. The amount budgeted for the prior two years is as follows:

    2024-2025: $780,726
    2023-2024: $780,869

    The breakdown of the adopted tax rate for 2023-2024 was M&O: 0.2900 and I&S: 0.0145 and for 2024-2025 was M&O: 0.2816 and I&S: 0.0127

    The breakdown of the proposed tax for 2025-2026 is M&O: 0.2936 and I&S: 0.0127