Henderson County Commissioners raised taxes in Henderson County Wednesday night when they approved a $244.8 million budget.
The raised budget includes pay raises for sheriff’s deputies and teachers while also funding debt service to the county’s courthouse and detention center building project.
This came after commissioners in an early meeting approving the construction of the new courthouse indicated that there was not a tax increse likely.
In May, County Manager John Mitchell presented a $227.2 million fiscal year 2026-27 budget that kept the tax rate at 43.1 cents per $100 valuation. It included more than $9 million in debt service to the JCAR project that was paid for through the county’s capital reserve fund.
But Commissioners in their vote on Wednesday decided to fund the debt service through increased property taxes instead.
