Closed Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code, if needed _________________________ Taylor Goodall, Dowdell Attorney Public Remote Audio/Video Link (Microsoft Teams): https://tinyurl.com/3xhmmebb NOTE: Posted together with this agenda, as required by Texas Government Code § 551.043(c), are a copy of the proposed budget for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027 and the Taxpayer Impact Statement. Dowdell PUD TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT Current Budget Fiscal Year Ending Sept 2026** Pro
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Closed Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code, if needed _________________________ Taylor Goodall, Dowdell Attorney Public Remote Audio/Video Link (Microsoft Teams): https://tinyurl.com/3xhmmebb NOTE: Posted together with this agenda, as required by Texas Government Code § 551.043(c), are a copy of the proposed budget for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027 and the Taxpayer Impact Statement. Dowdell PUD TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT Current Budget Fiscal Year Ending Sept 2026** Proposed Budget Fiscal Year Ending Sept 2027** No-New-Revenue Tax Rate Budget*** Estimated District Operations and Maintenance Tax Bill on Average Homestead* $627.40 $629.41 $627.40 *The District levies taxes in accordance with the Texas Water Code. The District's current operations and maintenance tax rate is equal to $.20 per $100 of assessed value. Average homestead values are determined by the county appraisal district. All estimates above were prepared utilizing the average resident homestead value as of the time that the District's most recent Truth in Taxation worksheet was prepared in accordance with the Texas Water Code. **Average tax bill estimates for the current and proposed budgets reflect those taxes necessary to fund the operations and maintenance tax revenues stated in the applicable budget. ***This column estimates the operations and maintenance taxes to be paid on the average homestead if the proposed budget generates the same amount of operations and maintenance tax revenues as the current budget. To Calculate the amount for the Current and No-New Revenue Tax Rate Budget: Average Appraised Homestead Value: $313,698.00 Current M/O Tax Rate: $0.20000 Amount to Put in Boxes: $627.40 Dowdell PUD Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year Ending Sept 30, 2027 FYE 9/30/26 10 months 1st draft Proposed FYE 9/30/27 Annual Budget Actual YTD Projected @12 Annual Budget 1,800,000 1,468,590 1,762,308 1,800,000 540,000 445,354 534,425 540,000 858,000 708,019 849,622 850,000 450,000 851,307 1,021,568 450,000 40,000 29,780 35,736 30,000 15,000 8,624 10,349 15,000 35,000 25,588 30,706 35,000 2,012,085 2,559,779 2,559,779 2,500,000 54,000 37,063 44,475 48,000 150,000 250,003 300,004 150,000 5,954,085 6,384,107 7,148,973 6,418,000 Annual Budget Actual YTD Projected @1 2 Annual Budget 15,000 13,598 13,598 15,000 858,000 634,249 761,099 850,000 450,000 368,009 441,611 450,000 1,100,000 938,620 1,126,345 1,500,000 100,000 81,639 97,966 100,000 50,000 232,319 278,783 50,000 32,000 25,429 30,515 32,000 365,000 307,300 368,760 370,000 275,000 203,697 244,437 250,000 12,000 10,792 10,792 12,000 38,000 28,730 34,476 38,000 3,000 2,096 2,516 3,000 110,000 80,661 96,793 110,000 0 0 0 0 26,000 26,000 26,000 26,000 175,000 125,515 150,618 175,000 55,000 47,993 57,592 58,000 34,000 28,025 33,630 34,000 2,000 104,299 125,158 2,000 90,000 70,485 84,582 90,000 6,500 4,013 4,815 6,500 109,115 109,115 109,115 109,115 570,000 409,262 491,115 500,000 50,000 37,300 44,760 50,000 872,000 726,116 871,339 880,100 5,000 1,750 2,100 1,500 1,500 528 634 1,500 15,000 7,707 9,248 15,000 5,000 4,470 5,364 5,000 40,000 33,920 40,704 40,000 20,000 280 336 20,000 100,000 629,951 755,941 100,000 20,000 1,100 1,320 20,000 0 7,795 9,354 0 65,000 51,882 62,259 65,000 20,000 15,181 18,218 20,000 5,000 2,000 2,400 5,000 5,694,115 5,371,827 6,414,292 6,003,715 Revenue : Water Revenues Sewer Revenues NHCRWA fee Tap Connection Inspection Fee Reconnection Fees Penalties/Interest Maintenance Tax SPA Interest Expenses : Permits/Fees NHCRWA Operator Fees Repair/Maintenance Chemicals Tap Expense Sewer Inspection Utilities Sludge Removal Reg Assessment Fee Director Fees Payroll Taxes Legal Audit Engineering Laboratory Bookkeeping Election Office Expense Telephone Expense Insurance Drainage (Champions) SWQ (Champions) Insp/cert Security Other Expense"(taxes,fa fees) Legal Notices Travel (AWBD) Website Expense Mosquito Control Capital/Spl Engineering Capital/Spl Projects WWTP permit renewal Park Plan Dumpster Service Lake Management Spa Expense
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