‹ Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 490 · All districts' issues
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Cost sharing
$1,896,028
1 conflict question
money moved
Ask why MUD 490's joint plant charges rise from $1,327,898 to $1,896,028, how participants' shares are calculated, and whether costs of the MUD 418 wastewater plant problems are included.
Gov't Code §791.011(e); Good practice
The board action behind it
2026-05-28: Approved Harris County MUD No. 418 joint water plant and joint sewer plant budgets for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2027, subject to final SPH review
What else happened at that meeting
The Board accepted Director C. Troy Anthony's resignation, appointed Fiona Nguyen, a District resident, to fill the vacancy, and accepted qualification documents declaring Perry Miller and Lee Markiewicz re-elected. It reorganized, electing Director Markiewicz President, Director Barrera Vice President, Director Miller Secretary, and Directors Russ and Nguyen Assistant Secretaries. The Board approved the District's operating budget and the MUD 418 joint water and sewer plant budgets for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2027, and engaged Forvis Mazars to audit the fiscal year ending May 31, 2026 for approximately $21,900 plus a $1,100 administrative fee. It amended the Rate Order to reflect rates proposed by operator Si Environmental, approved the Consumer Confidence Report, and approved the engineer's report, including concurrence in a landscaping contract award to Allgreen Associates. After a closed session, the Board took no action other than to ensure proper accounting of final invoicing from Inframark.The law and guidance in force on 2026-05-28
| Interlocal payments fairly compensate the party providing the service Gov't Code §791.011(e)
§791.011(e): Same text in force then and now |
Not shown in the record | Approved 'as presented, subject to final SPH review'; no amounts recorded (p.4). |
Who's involved
Harris County MUD No. 418 (master district (regional water and wastewater plants))
Municipal Accounts & Consulting, L.P. (bookkeeper (also bookkeeper for MUD 418, MUD 489 and the Water Agency))
Schwartz, Page & Harding, L.L.P. (general counsel (also counsel to MUD 418, MUD 419, MUD 489 and the Bridgeland Water Agency))
Possible conflicts
Municipal Accounts & Consulting, L.P.: MUD 418's bookkeeper, which prepares the joint plant budgets, presented them to MUD 490. (Consultant schedules in the audits of MUD 418 (2025_Financial_Report.pdf, PDF p.42) and MUD 490 (HC_MUD_No_490_2025_FS_Final.pdf, PDF p.49); minutes p.4)
Cost to the district
$1,896,028 Per the MUD 418 joint budgets: water $1,374,565 (includes WHCRWA fee $1,025,192) and sewer $521,463 (MUD 418's May 26, 2026 agenda, hcid14-site/hcmud418-records/website/Agenda_May_26_2026_HCMUD_418.pdf, PDF p.6 and p.8). · FY2027 joint water plant and joint sewer plant chargesMoney or costs moved
HC MUD 490 → Harris County MUD No. 418: $1,896,028 FY2027 joint water plant $1,374,565 and joint sewer plant $521,463, up from $913,368 and $414,530 in FY2026. MUD 418 adopted these budgets on May 26, 2026, two days before MUD 490's approval (MUD 418 minutes).
Why the board approved it
Recorded: “Presented by Kaitlyn Bassett of Municipal Accounts as the Master Facilities Contract requires (p.4).”
A 43% rise in joint plant charges was approved without recorded discussion, during a year when MUD 418's unfinished wastewater plant pushed sludge into MUD 490's system.