County holds off on Copperas Cove tax zone

Commissioners to weigh rapid growth at cost of rural character
Copperas Cove City Manager Ryan Haverlah (left) and Bill Calderon, founder of Calderon Economic Development Strategies, discuss the purpose behind the tax increment reinvestment zone with county commissioners Oct. 12. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
Copperas Cove City Manager Ryan Haverlah (left) and Bill Calderon, founder of Calderon Economic Development Strategies, discuss the purpose behind the tax increment reinvestment zone with county commissioners Oct. 12. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Lampasas County commissioners are not ready to commit a share of future property tax revenue to a tax increment reinvestment zone proposed by Copperas Cove.

Commissioners took no action Oct. 12 on an interlocal agreement with Copperas Cove for TIRZ No. 2, which covers roughly 2,300 acres across 20 parcels. Only 15% of the zone’s current $68 million value is in Lampasas County.

“I know that metropoli…