Staff Report    A permanent measure enacted by the Hays County Commissioners last month will give disabled residents and those 65 years old or older the ability to cap their county taxes starting in 2017.  The action, however, applies only to Hays County taxes and doesn’t apply to municipality, scho...

By Logan McCullough Hays County voters will head to the polls this November to decide on two bond propositions, which include a $131 million road bond.  Of the $131 million, Pct. 2 could receive the largest portion at $35.3 million, if voters approve the proposition.  In addition, $10 million of all...

Staff report   A slight reduction in Hays County’s ad valorem tax rate could be forthcoming for property taxpayers in the next fiscal year. As the county’s tax rate is proposed to go down by a little over a half-cent, county officials are also proposing a $179 million budget for 2016-2017.  On Aug. ...

By Moses Leos III Creation of a ninth emergency services district (ESD) will be going to Hays County voters in November as the commissioners court unanimously approved it to go on the ballot. Commissioners voted 5-0 to call an election for the creation of ESD 9, which would provide EMS service for c...

By Moses Leos III Hays County voters will decide this November on whether they’ll support a bond initiative that, if approved, would improve the county public safety facilities, including the jail, along with area infrastructure.  During the course of a marathon 11-hour meeting, Hays County Commissi...

By Moses Leos III Hays County Commissioners Tuesday voted unanimously to enter into a Chapter 381 agreement with Best Buy to bring an e-commerce sales operation to San Marcos. Adrianna Cruz, president of the Greater San Marcos Partnership, said the facility would be located in a 20,000 square foot f...

By Cyndy Slovak-Barton A move toward a $108 million county jail expansion/renovation bond is expected to be made at next week’s Hays County Commissioners Court meeting. Commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting heard a presentation that included the Hays County sheriff, district attorney, San Marcos chief ...

By Samantha Smith Continued overcrowding at the Hays County Jail is forcing county officials to keep with the trend of outsourcing prisoners to another facility to stem the flow.  But the county is now accruing additional costs at taxpayers’ expense as they’re having to travel further to house the e...

By Samantha Smith For roughly two hours Tuesday, the Hays County Commissioners Court debated the need to construct a multi-port monitoring well to study groundwater within the Trinity and Edwards aquifers.  By a 4-1 vote, commissioners entered into an interlocal agreement with the Barton Springs Edw...

Staff report   Hays County Commissioners last month took their initial look at its preliminary list of road projects that could make their way into a proposed November bond.  A total of 20 projects made their way onto the list, which has an estimated cost of roughly $352 million.  According to a Hay...