Money the county earns renting out land and buildings (DRAFT – not published)

In short

• In 2025 the county earned $230,687 in rent from leases of its land and buildings.¹
• It also earned $14,410 in interest on them.¹
• Renters still owed $741,015 under the leases on Sept. 30, 2025.¹

What the leases are

The county rents out some buildings and land. The audit says the leases cannot be canceled. It reports them as a group, not one by one.¹

What is still owed

Year ending Sept. 30	Rent still owed	Interest	Total
2026	$201,941	$11,351	$213,292
2027	$175,112	$8,986	$184,098
2028	$167,386	$7,203	$174,589
2029	$59,230	$5,359	$64,589
2030	$56,085	$3,464	$59,549
2031–2035	$81,261	$3,347	$84,608
Total	$741,015	$39,710	$780,725

Source: the county’s 2025 audit.¹

Something that does not match

The audit says the leases end “no later than October 2027.” But its own table shows payments due through 2035.¹

What the audit does not say

It does not name the renters or the properties.

The other side

• The rent is small. The county earned $230,687 in lease rent in 2025.¹ Its main fund budget that year was $332,453,828.²
• The leases cannot be canceled. The audit says so. That means the county can count on this rent until the leases end.¹

Questions to ask

• Which buildings and land does the county rent out, and to whom?
• How does the county explain the gap between the lease end dates and its payment table?
• How does the commissioners court set the rent?

Changes to this page

• Nov. 2, 2026: Rewrote the questions to ask so each is open, neutral and addressed to the public body.
• Nov. 2, 2026: Added an other-side section and questions to ask.
• Nov. 2, 2026: New page.

Footnotes

1. Williamson County, Texas, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for fiscal 2025, Note 10, “Lease Receivable,” p.55: leases are “non-cancellable and terminate no later than October 2027”; lease revenue $230,687; interest revenue $14,410; receivable $741,015; deferred inflow $714,610; maturities 2026 $201,941 + $11,351; 2027 $175,112 + $8,986; 2028 $167,386 + $7,203; 2029 $59,230 + $5,359; 2030 $56,085 + $3,464; 2031-2035 $81,261 + $3,347; totals $741,015 + $39,710 = $780,725. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. Same report, General Fund Schedule – Budget and Actual: final budget $332,453,828. ↩