The stewardship of public funds is one of the greatest responsibilities of the Commissioners Court.  Therefore, the establishment and maintenance of budget policy is critical to ensure County officials protect public interests and promote citizens’ confidence in County government. 

You can find the Williamson County Budget Policy here.

The Budget Office is responsible for the following:

    
      • Preparing a proposed county budget that reasonably illustrates actual or estimated expenditures as well as resources for the year

      • Coordinating departmental budget workshops as well as on-line budget training

      • Developing and updating budget policy and procedures

      • Conducting cost/benefit studies and determining ways to increase efficiency and effectiveness throughout county operations

Under Texas law, county governments may prepare annual budgets under one of three subchapters.  Williamson County currently operates under local government code 111.061, Subchapter C., Alternate Method of Budget Preparation in Counties with population of more than 125,000 which establishes a Budget Office.  The Williamson County Budget Office originated in 2009 and currently employs the Budget Officer, appointed by the court, as well as one budget analyst.

To obtain the Annual COUNTY BUDGET ORDER in Adobe Acrobat format, please see the following link to for the most recent copy in Adobe Reader.

This budget will raise more property taxes than last year’s budget by $3,404,092 (2.3%), and of that amount, $3,309,593 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year.

Click above to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.