We repost public meeting notices, agendas, and minutes, and track how the MUD board votes on spending, rate changes, and contracts — so ratepayers don't have to dig for it.
These three entries are pulled directly from the district's published financial disclosures at harriscowcid74.org/budget. Individual agenda-item votes (specific contracts, motions) aren't in this preview yet — the district hosts its minutes and agendas in a folder that blocks automated indexing, so those have to be opened and transcribed by hand. See the Document Archive for direct links.
We repost official notices and agendas as soon as they're published, with plain-language summaries of what's actually being voted on.
Approved minutes are mirrored to this site, and recordings are posted to the video archive when available, independent of the district's own hosting.
The board tracker logs how each item was decided — passed, tabled, or failed — so patterns are visible across meetings, not just one at a time.
Regular board meetings are open to the public under the Texas Open Meetings Act. Agendas are typically posted at least 72 hours in advance. This page mirrors those postings and links to the minutes once approved.
| What | Cadence | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Regular board meeting | 2nd Tuesday monthly, 5:00 PM | District Agendas folder → |
| Approved minutes | Posted after board approval | District Minutes folder → |
The district hosts these folders directly (harriscowcid74.org/minutes) but the host platform blocks automated indexing, so individual meeting dates and items can't be listed here automatically yet. Once specific agendas/minutes are opened and reviewed, add them below as dated rows — that manual mirroring is exactly what this project is for.
Agenda items are usually posted 72 hours before the meeting. Check this page or the district's own posting location for the exact text of each item.
Most agendas include a public comment period. Some districts require sign-in sheets or written comment cards — arrive a few minutes early to check the current procedure.
Directors and district staff can typically be reached by mail or email between meetings. See the Board Tracker for how a director voted before reaching out.
The district's own website doesn't currently list a livestream or video archive — as of this build, no public recordings of HCWCID 74 board meetings were found. This page is built and ready to go the moment one exists, whether that's a district livestream or a resident recording made openly during a public meeting.
This is a layout template, not a real entry — it's here so the archive isn't empty-looking while no recordings exist. Delete it as soon as a real one is added.
Every logged item links back to the source agenda or minutes it was pulled from. Items are marked Flagged when they involve a rate increase, a no-bid contract, or a departure from the district's own stated policy — flagging is a prompt to look closer, not an accusation.
Term expires May 2028
Term expires May 2028
Term expires May 2028
Term expires May 2030
Term expires May 2030
District Manager
Roster and term-expiration dates as published on the district's own website. Three seats (President, VP, Assistant Secretary) turn over in May 2028; two (both Directors) in May 2030 — worth flagging on this site as those elections approach.
These entries are sourced directly from the district's own published budget disclosures. Item-level agenda votes — specific contracts, individual motions, director-by-director vote counts — aren't populated yet: the district's minutes and agendas live in a folder that blocks automated indexing, so each one has to be opened, reviewed, and transcribed by hand from the district's Minutes folder.
Any item that increases a fee, rate, or assessment paid by residents is flagged automatically for visibility, regardless of size.
Sole-source or emergency awards are flagged so residents can see when the district departed from standard bidding.
Changes to per-diem, stipends, or reimbursement policy for board members are flagged as a matter of course. See the full breakdown of how board pay works below.
Have a correction or a source document to add? Get in touch.
Director pay isn't discretionary — it's capped by state law and has to be set by the board itself, in public, before anyone can collect it.
Directors are paid a "fee of office" for each day they actually spend performing substantive district business — board and committee meetings, deliberation of district matters, and related training. Routine tasks like signing paperwork or prepping for a meeting don't count toward it. Directors are also entitled to reimbursement of actual, reasonable, necessary expenses, including travel — but to collect either, a director has to file a verified statement showing the days served and the work performed, and any increase to the fee amount only takes effect once the board formally adopts it by resolution at an open meeting.
Three separate bodies of Texas law do the real work of keeping a MUD financially honest: audit and reporting requirements, competitive bidding rules on contracts, and conflict-of-interest disclosure for directors. This page lays out what each one actually requires, and where a violation goes once someone reports it.
The board must have an independent audit prepared and, once the board approves it, file it with the TCEQ executive director within 135 days of the district's fiscal year-end. Smaller or newly formed districts that qualify under §49.198 may file a simpler Annual Financial Report instead, due within 45 days; a financially dormant district instead files a dormancy affidavit every year by January 31. TCEQ also has independent authority to conduct its own periodic audit of the district.
Read §49.194–.200 →
TCEQ Financial Management Guide (RG-080) →
Construction, equipment, and materials contracts valued over $150,000 must be publicly advertised and competitively bid — the board can't just pick a vendor. The board may delegate approval of smaller change orders (up to $150,000) to staff, but change orders that grow a contract by more than 25% in total require specific justification, like unforeseen conditions. A handful of narrow exceptions exist — security systems, repairs too undefined to specify in advance — and those are exactly the items worth double-checking when a large contract skips the bid process.
A director with a "substantial interest" in a business entity — 10%+ ownership, $15,000+ in value, or income from it exceeding 10% of their gross income — or a $2,500+ real property interest affected by a vote, must file a sworn affidavit describing it and abstain from voting on that matter. Budget items tied to a contract with a business a director has a substantial interest in require their own separate, disclosed vote. A knowing violation is a Class A misdemeanor, and the district's action can be voided if the interested director's vote was the deciding one.
These aren't things this site charges anyone with — they're what a prosecutor would actually cite. Abuse of Official Capacity (§39.02) applies when a public servant knowingly misuses government property, funds, or personnel, or knowingly violates a law tied to their office, intending to benefit themselves or harm someone else. Misapplication of Fiduciary Property (§32.45) applies when someone holding public funds in a fiduciary role — which a district's board and treasurer do — intentionally handles them in a way that risks real loss. Both scale in severity with the dollar amount involved.
Escalating a concern works better in this order — each step either confirms there's nothing there, or builds the paper trail the next step needs.
One honest correction to a common assumption: the Texas State Auditor's Office audits state agencies and programs that receive state funds — it doesn't have general jurisdiction to audit an individual MUD's finances. TCEQ, not the SAO, is the state entity with oversight of district financial reporting.
Agendas, approved minutes, budgets, rate orders, and public notices, mirrored here as they're posted so there's a permanent copy independent of the district's own site. Every entry links back to where it was originally published when available.
| Category | What's In It | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting Agendas | Agendas Posted before each meeting | Open district folder → |
| Meeting Minutes | Minutes Posted after board approval | Open district folder → |
| Budget Information | Budgets Adopted annual budgets | Open district folder → |
| Finance / Annual Audit | Notices Independent annual audit filings | Open district folder → |
| Historical Tax Info | Rate Orders Past tax rates & assessments | Open district folder → |
| CCRA / Misc Documents | Notices Consumer confidence reports & other filings | Open district folder → |
These link straight to the district's own hosted folders at harriscowcid74.org. Because that host blocks automated indexing, individual dated documents inside each folder aren't listed here — this table will grow into a real dated archive as items get opened, downloaded, and mirrored by hand.
Two Texas statutes do most of the work here: the Open Meetings Act, which governs how the board has to conduct its business, and the Public Information Act — Texas's version of FOIA — which governs your right to the district's records. Neither requires you to explain why you want something.
Every regular, special, or called meeting of the board must be open to the public except for narrowly defined closed-session topics. Agendas must be posted at least 72 hours in advance and be specific enough that a resident can tell what's actually being decided. If proper notice isn't given, any action taken at that meeting can be voided.
Read the statute (Texas Legislature) →
AG's Open Meetings Act Handbook (PDF) →
This is Texas's equivalent of FOIA. Any person — not just district residents — can submit a written request for district records, and the district can't ask why you want them. The district must "promptly" produce what isn't confidential, and if it can't within about 10 business days it has to tell you when it will. To withhold something, it generally has to ask the Attorney General for a ruling rather than just deciding on its own.
Read the statute (Texas Legislature) →
AG's Public Information Act guide →
HCWCID 74 Advocates is an independent project run by residents within the district. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Harris County Water Control & Improvement District No. 74 or Harris County.
We mirror publicly available meeting notices, agendas, and approved minutes, and maintain a plain-language log of board votes on spending, rates, and contracts. Everything posted here is sourced from official public postings or public records requests — nothing is fabricated or paraphrased in a way that changes its meaning.
Before an item is added to the Board Tracker or Document Archive, it is checked against the original posted agenda, minutes, or filing. Dollar figures and vote outcomes are copied directly from the source document, and each entry links back to that source where one is publicly available.
If something here is inaccurate or out of date, tell us and we will correct it promptly. This site's credibility depends on being more accurate than not having a record at all.
Not this site — the actual district and its vendors, for when you need to pay a bill, ask about service, or handle a tax question directly.
1750 W. 43rd Street, Houston, TX 77018
713-688-3855 · utilitytaxservice.com →
2855 Mangum Road, Suite 100, Houston, TX 77092
713-956-9400 · tedacox.com →
Sourced directly from the district's own published contact information at harriscowcid74.org — worth double-checking there periodically since operators and vendors can change.