Court approves Lubbock County Hospital District capital, equipment and operating budgets; sets tax rate

The Lubbock County Commissioners Court approved the Lubbock County Hospital DistrictY27 capital expansion budget, capital equipment budget and operating budget and set the Hospital District tax rate at 0.099932 per $100 of taxable value.

Judge Parish moved the Hospital District package and read the major line items into the record, including a $39,043,369 capital expansion figure and the related equipment and operating numbers. "I move that the commissioner's court of Lubbock County, Texas approve the Lubbock County Hospital District 2027 capital expansion budget of 39,043,369," the judge said when offering the motion. The court approved the FY27 package and also approved revisions to the FY26 budgets as presented.

The court then adopted the Hospital District tax rate, stating the purpose as maintenance and operations. The action was presented and approved during the same meeting that set the county's overall budget and tax rate.