Dawson County is planning a tax increase of almost 11 cents per $100 property value but is expecting to collect about $39,000 less money than last year. That’s according to the tax rate calculations approved Tuesday afternoon by members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court. County Auditor Rhonda Martin said the county’s proposed new tax rate is 96.5980 cents per $100 value. That total rate is an increase from 85.6621 cents last year. But the higher rate actually is expected to collect less money than last year because total taxable property values in the county have dropped from about $899 million last year to ...