Receive report from EAA staff regarding the public hearing process and consider recommendation from the Finance/Administrative Committee to adopt the annual operating budget and associated aquifer management fee and program aquifer management fee rates fo

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

A motion was made by Secretary Youngblood, seconded by Vice-Chairman Sanborn, the Finance/Administrative Committee recommend the board adopt a resolution and order of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors adopting the annual operating budget for fiscal year 2025, as amended, and assessing the aquifer management fee and program aquifer management fee rates for 2025, as follows: Agricultural aquifer management fee (General Fund) -- $2 per acre-foot Non-agricultural aquifer management fee (General Fund) -- $50 per acre-foot Non-agricultural program aquifer management fee (EAHCP Fund) -- $40 per acre-foot The motion passed without opposition.

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 9.0/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).