Dawson County officials are planning to cut the county’s property tax rate while giving employees a nice pay hike and boosting the overall budget for the 2023 fiscal year.Members of the county commissioners court unanimously approved a proposed budget and tax rate during a special called meeting held before their regular meeting Tuesday afternoon.The proposed tax rate of 90 cents per $100 worth of property value represents a drop from last year’s rate of about 97 cents.The drop in the tax rate, County Judge Foy O’Brien said, is largely a result of a sharp increase in taxable property values across ...