Dallas County is now less than $1 million over the 2024 budget.
Early this summer, the projections for the 2025 budget shortfall had been at about $50 million — if nothing changed.
Budget officer Ronica Watkins told commissioners Tuesday the deficit is now about $700,000, thanks to reallocations.
“I’m excited,” she said. “We’re less than a million shortage toward the reserve policy —10.5 percent. And that's based on those cost savings that we discussed at $39.9 million.”
Next up is ironing out the proposed 2025 budget.
As of now, the unapproved general fund budget could come with a property tax rate increase.
Dallas County gets about 9 percent of those property taxes.
Operational cost would also go up $13.5 million dollars.
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