By Anita Miller

The Hays County Commissioners Court passed its FY 2020 budget on Tuesday after making several changes including adding $95,000 in funding for social service agencies.

This budget will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year’s budget by an amount of $4,698,033, which is a 5.90% increase from last year’s budget.

The most contentious change was changing the position of Chief of Staff, currently held by Alex Villalobos, from the office of the county judge to a ...