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Alan Skidmore, Commissioner Precinct 1

Lonnie Layton, Commissioner Precinct 2

Ronald Bass, Commissioner Precinct 3

Kevin Anderson, Commissioner Precinct 4

Mailing Address:
119 N. Main Street
Paris, TX 75460
  • The 2024-2025 budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of $546,529 which is a 3.3% 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 $16,162,859. The amount budgeted for the prior two years is as follows:

    2023-2024: 15,616,186
    2022-2023: 14,937,091

    The property tax revenue amount budgeted from Lamar County's debt service (I&S) for the current budget year is $780,726. The amount budgeted for the prior two years is as follows:

    2023-2024: $780,869
    2022-2023: $774,439

    The breakdown of the adopted tax rate for 2022-2023 was M&O: 0.3278 and I&S: 0.0170 and for 2023-2024 was M&O: 0.2900 and I&S: 0.0145

    The breakdown of the proposed tax for 2024-2025 is M&O: 0.2816 and I&S: 0.0136