After extensive discussion in multiple meetings over the past two months, the Dawson County Commissioners Court gave the go-ahead Tuesday to file a proposed county budget for the 2020 fiscal year. That budget is projecting significant increases in both spending and revenue while the county maintains the same property tax rate as last year. County Auditor Rhonda Martin said the proposed budget for all funds totals just over $13 million. That budget will be funded largely by a property tax rate of 85.6621 cents per $100 value that, while the same as last year, is expected to generate about $1 million in additional ...