The Kingsland Mu - nicipal Utility District (KMUD) board recent - ly announced the tax rate for Fiscal Year (FY)
2024-2025. During the Sept. 23 board meeting, KMUD Board of Directors President Dianne Wolf - ington, Vice President Kim Delz, Directors Ken Black, Josh Caro - pepe and Jared Fields approved a tax rate of .16993 per $100 of prop - erty valuation for FY 2025, set to begin Oct. 1. According to KMUD officials, the rate of .16993 represents a de - crease of about 5% from .17910 over the last 12 months. To be sure, the amount owed on individual tax bills may vary, since the average appraised resi - dence homestead value is $625,500 for FY 2025, about 12% above the ap - praisal of $556,156 for FY 2024, which expires Sept. 30. Also related to district property taxes, the board unanimously adopted the district schedule for tax-delinquent payments. Next year, all proper - ty taxes are due by Feb. 1. Account holders who still owe taxes after Feb. 1 will face penalty and interest charges. Furthermore, in addi - tion to penalty and inter - est charges, unpaid taxes on businesses and mobile homes after April 1 will be assessed attorney fees. After July 1, unpaid taxes on real property accounts will be charged for attor - ney fees, as well as inter - est and penalties. "It will even out the work load (for district staff)," Attorney Car - rie L. Pickering told the board. Pickering attended the meeting for the Line - barger law firm, which administers KMUD de - linquent accounts.
During the engineer - ing report to the board, Jones-Heroy associate Keith Collins said the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) recently report - ed its annual review of the KMUD wastewater treatment permit is "ad - ministratively complete." TCEQ final approval of the permit is expected to follow soon, KMUD General Manager J. Hor - ry told The Highlander. "It should not take them (TCEQ officials) too long," Horry said.
