After extensive discussion over the past two months, members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court on Tuesday gave final approval to a new county budget for the 2020 fiscal year. They also ratified the tax rate needed to fund that budget. County Auditor Rhonda Martin said the final budget reflects all of the items requested by the commissoners court during multiple meetings. A few of the many items included in that budget, she said, are: About $179,670 in pay raises for county employees and elected officials; Funding for an additional employee in the County Clerk’s office and extra help in both the Justice of the ...