WCID Directors to consider FY26 budget and tax rate

admin • July 31, 2025

Directors for the Lower Brushy Creek WCID will meet 8 a.m. Monday, August 4, to consider the proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year, along with a tax rate to support it. The meeting will be held in the conference room at the Taylor Chamber of Commerce.

Directors will be presented with a draft budget that shows an spending increase of approximately $680,000 over the previous year. That spending is focused on dam maintenance and is funded with local resources, with nearly $1 million devoted to the repair of principal spillways and plunge pools to sites 3, 10 and 30.

The district expects $2.253 million in revenue against $2.256 in expenses.

To support the budget, directors will be asked to consider a tax rate of .0165, which is the same as the current rate.

You can find a copy of the agenda and board packet, which includes the draft budget, here.

The WCID will hold a public hearing on the budget and tax rate 6 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Taylor Public Library.

Search

Recent Posts

Directors to consider 2026 tax rates

By Richard Stone • August 24, 2026
D ecreased values drive slight increase

WCID begins work on spillways

By Richard Stone • August 4, 2026
Last month, the Lower Brushy Creek WCID began work to repair principal spillway pipes on three of the rural dams in the district. “The principal spillway pipes carry flood water from the lake to a plunge pool downstream,” explained Jim Clarno, general manager of the district. "At these three dams, the last section of pipe has separated from the upstream pipe due to 50 years of deterioration of he pipe supports.” Two of the principal spillways need a pipe liner to eliminate leakage into the pipe. The plunge pools at all three dams will be reshaped, trees and brush removed and will be rock rip-rapped. The sites being worked on include Site 3 north of Thrall, Site 10 northeast of Thrall, and Site 30 just west of TX 95 between Taylor and Coupland. The work began July 13 and is expected to be substantially completed by Sept. 11, with final completion Oct. 11. “The schedule is dependent on weather so substantial and final completion could be delayed,” Clarno said. The total cost of the project is $948,000. All the funds for this project are from the district’s own revenues. No state or federal grant funds will be used.

Directors to consider easement policy,wild hog program

By Admin • June 6, 2026
New and re-elected directors to be sworn in

Special Meeting of the Board of Directors to Canvass Election

By Sue Lilly • May 7, 2026
Directors to canvass election results

WCID directors to consider adding more rain monitoring gauges

April 16, 2026
District's capital improvement plan to be discussed