Williamson County to consider tax-rate certification after sweeping reappraisal

Williamson County officials moved Wednesday to put a legally required tax-rate certification on the agenda after a countywide property reappraisal that officials say dramatically raised assessed values.

Speaker 69 introduced Resolution 6 20 25 4, saying state law requires the county to certify a tax rate after a reappraisal. "A reappraisal, as we all know, does not in and of itself create higher taxes," the speaker said, noting the certification is a statutory step tied to the 2025 reappraisal.

The budget and revenue context for the resolution was provided earlier by Speaker 57, who said residential assessed value in the county rose about 52% year over year, from roughly $19,000,000,000 to more than $29,000,000,000. "The 1 thing that kinda stands out that's of interest this year is our residential property," Speaker 57 said, pointing to the sharp increase as part of the reappraisal results.

Speaker 69 told the body it would take the tax items "in blocks" and perform voice votes on each block. The transcript does not record the outcome of the voice votes or a final certified figure for the tax rate.

County staff and board members framed the resolution as an administrative step required by state law; Senator Johnson was cited by Speaker 21 earlier for helping to mitigate impacts related to a fiscal capacity indicator that affects Williamson County Schools. No new tax-rate numbers or final vote tallies were recorded in the provided transcript.

Next steps: the resolution was placed for consideration in this meeting's block vote process; the transcript does not include the vote results or an effective rate, so timing for final certification is "not specified."