Lavaca County Commissioners Court

Court adopts VA tax rate/ approves budget

The Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court met Monday morning and adopted the 2025 property tax rate going with the voter approval (VA) tax rate of .5497 per $100 valuation as well as approving the 2025-26 county budget. Both votes were done by a unanimous show of hands vote.

State of the County: Part 2 of Judge Mudd’s address

At the Monday , Aug. 11 Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court meeting, County Judge Keith Mudd presented his State of the County address.In last week’s issue, part one of the address was published. This is part two of his address.

County Judge presents State of County address

County Judge Keith Mudd presented his State of the County address at Monday’s Commissioners’ Court meeting.“The proposed budget for Lavaca County was posted with the County Clerk on Aug. 1, and I am proposing to move Lavaca County forward to the Voter Approval Rate at .

Court proposes tax rate

Lavaca County tax assessor-collector, Deborah A. Sevcik, presented the 2025 appraisal roll and tax rate calculations at Monday’s, Aug. 11, Commissioners’ Court meeting.Sevcik told the court the total appraised value showed an increase of 1.09% over last year’s values.

Court holds regular meeting

The Commissioners’ Court met in a regular meeting Monday morning discussing the budget and tax rate process, county road bond and routing agreement as well as addressing various county matters.

Court discusses tax rate process

The Lavaca County Commissioners met in a regular meeting Monday morning and discussed the budget process and the related budget issuesThe matter was discussed because there is indication that the tax rate may go up this year.

Murrile presents emergency management update

Lavaca County emergency management coordinator Greg Murrile presented an update of his office at Monday’s Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court meeting.

Court addresses lengthy agenda

The Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court met in a regular meeting Monday morning addressing a lengthy agenda.

Court hears supplemental insurance presentations

The Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court met in a regular meeting Monday morning hearing from two insurance agencies, who presented supplemental insurance plans for county employees for 2026 beginning with the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.

Court approves addition of three jailers/one investigator for LCSO

The Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court met in a regular meeting Monday morning and voted to add three jailers and one investigator to the Lavaca County Sheriff ’s Office.Chief deputy Carl Herbst and jail administer Matt Keller met before the court addressing the hiring of the positions.