Planning for fiscal year 2023 is proving challenging for The Woodlands-area governmental bodies amid rapid inflation and uncertainties about appraisal protests, according to area budget officials.
At an Aug. 9 board of directors meeting, the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District directors unanimously approved a general and special election to take place Nov. 8. Directors also approved an agreement with Montgomery County Elections to run the directors’ election.
A sweet and friendly spirit, Tough is filled with stories of what it was like to be part of the initial development of the place where more than 115,000 people call home. Take The Woodlands Waterway, for example; Tough said that used to be a mere drainage ditch.
The deadline for candidates to file an application to appear on the ballot is 5 p.m. Aug. 22, and the deadline to file a declaration of write-in candidacy is Aug. 26, according to the township.
Houston-area water leaders discussed subsidence, or ground sinkage due to groundwater pumping, in Montgomery County as well as policy relating to subsidence at a July 20 forum.