Lampasas council OKs budget, new tax rate

The Lampasas City Council approved an annual budget and tax rate on Monday evening, as well as numerous appointments to city boards.

A second and final reading of both the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget and the 2022-2023 tax rate received unanimous approval.

The new tax rate of $0.3156 per $100 valuation is a decrease from the previous year’s rate of $0.337, but it also represents a 9.05% increase in …