The Tarrant County commissioners voted to approve raises of about 3% for themselves and Sheriff Bill Waybourn on Tuesday. Both County Judge Tim O’Hare and Sheriff Waybourn earn $217,952 a year. Effective Oct. 1, their annual salaries will be $224,191, a raise of 2.86%.

County commissioners will make about $214,000 a year, and the county judge will make about $224,000 after a 3% raise.

At the county commissioner meeting Tuesday evening, several representatives and supporters of the sheriff's department voiced their concerns regarding the state of funding after two failed millages, and another at stake.

Tarrant County commissioners surprised the leaders of the county’s public hospital Tuesday by lowering its tax rate to 18.25 cents per $100 of assessed value, down from the previously planned rate of 18.75 cents.