Commissioners reviewed key issues in the planning of the 2015 fiscal year budget during their March 18 meeting.

In a 4-1 vote, Commissioners Court directed staff to prepare the FY 2015 budget assuming a 1.5 percent increase to the effective tax rate, the rate it would take to raise the same amount of money as the previous year. Commissioner Gerald Daugherty opposed.

The county plans to publish a preliminary budget July 28 and adopt the budget Sept. 23.