Members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court on Tuesday took measures to ensure that adequate funding is available in the retirement program for county employees. The court voted to put an extra $75,000 in the fund plus increase the county’s contribution rate to the Texas County and District Retirement System from 6.41 percent to 6.75 percent of county employees’ wages. County Judge Foy O’Brien said the move will reduce the county’s unfunded liability in the retirement program to just under $340,000 and will increase the funded ratio from 98.3 percent to 99.6 percent. “Anything in the 90s is good,” O’Brien said of the ...