Commissioners adopt budget and submit proposed tax rate of 0.7367

DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S BUDGET INCREASES 50% IN TWO YEARS

Garza County commissioners opened their budget workshop Aug. 22 by voting to set salaries, expenses and allowances for the coming fiscal year. A key topic of discussion before adopting the budget was funding the district attorney’s office, which has increased 50% in the last two years, according to County Judge Lee Norman.

DA Philip Mack Furlow s…