Attention residents! We have an important update regarding our waste collection schedule.
🗑 Trash Collection: Now scheduled for Tuesday and Friday each week.
♻️ Recycling Collection: Occurs every Tuesday alongside trash pickup.
Please ensure your bins are placed at the curb the night before collection to avoid any missed pickups. Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our community clean and sustainable!
Through North Forest MUD’s website you can easily find links to the following services:
The North Forest Municipal Utility District will hold a public hearing to discuss the proposed tax rate for the tax year 2024. This is an important opportunity for community members to learn more about potential changes in property taxes and to voice their opinions. The details of the hearing are as follows:
The proposed tax rate for 2024 is set to significantly increase compared to last year’s rate. The total tax rate is proposed to rise from $0.2500 per $100 of property value to $0.7500 per $100, marking a 200% increase. Here’s a breakdown of the key figures:
This means that for a home valued at the average appraised value of $200,607, taxes will rise from $460.05 last year to $1,504.55 this year, an annual increase of $1,044.50, which translates to a 227.04% increase in the tax amount paid.
The proposed tax rate includes a provision for an election to reduce the rate. If the increase results in taxes rising by more than 8% on an average residence, qualified voters can petition to hold an election to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate.
For more detailed information on how this proposed tax rate could affect your property taxes, please refer to the official Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate document. Additionally, visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to access your local property tax database and get up-to-date information about your property taxes and scheduled public hearings.
The Public Utility Commission’s rule in Title 16, Chapter 24 Texas Admin. Code § 24.173(d) prohibits your water and sewer provider from imposing a late fee or from disconnecting your retail water or sewer service for nonpayment of bills that are due during an extreme weather emergency until after the emergency is over.
An extreme weather emergency is defined as a period beginning when the previous day’s highest temperature in your area did not exceed 28 degrees Fahrenheit, and the temperature is predicted to remain at or below that level for the next 24 hours according to the nearest National Weather Service reports for your area. For the purposes of these requirements, an extreme weather emergency is over on the second business day the temperature exceed 28 degrees Fahrenheit.
Your water and sewer provider is required to offer a payment schedule to an affected customer that timely requests a payment schedule. If you are affected by an extreme weather emergency, you may request a payment schedule for unpaid bills that are due during the extreme weather emergency.
For affected customers that timely request a payment schedule, your water and sewer provider is prohibited from disconnecting service for nonpayment of bills that are due during an extreme weather emergency. However, once a payment schedule is offered, disconnections may resume if you (1) decline to timely accept the payment schedule, or (2) violate the terms of the payment schedule.
If you have a bill from your water and sewer provider due during an extreme weather emergency, then you qualify to request a payment schedule. Please contact our office at:
H2O Innovation 2200 Sciaaca Rd Spring, Tx 77373 (281)-353-9756
La regla de la ComisiĂłn de Servicios PĂşblicos en el TĂtulo 16, CapĂtulo 24, del CĂłdigo Administrativo de Texas § 24.173(d) prohĂbe a su proveedor de agua y alcantarillado imponer un cargo por mora o desconectar su servicio minorista de agua o alcantarillado por falta de pago de las facturas adeudadas durante una emergencia por condiciones del tiempo extremas hasta despuĂ©s de que la emergencia haya terminado.
Una emergencia por condiciones del tiempo extremas se define como un periodo que comienza cuando la temperatura más alta del dĂa previo en su área no superĂł los 28 grados Fahrenheit y se prevĂ© que la temperatura permanecerá en ese nivel o debajo de Ă©l durante las siguientes 24 horas segĂşn los informes más cercanos del Servicio MeteorolĂłgico Nacional para su área. A efectos de estos requisitos, una emergencia por condiciones del tiempo extremas finaliza el segundo dĂa laborable en que la temperatura supera los 28 grados Fahrenheit.
Su proveedor de agua y alcantarillado debe ofrecer un programa de pago a un cliente afectado que lo solicite oportunamente. Si se ve afectado por una emergencia por condiciones del tiempo extremas, puede solicitar un programa de pago para las facturas impagas adeudadas durante la emergencia por condiciones del tiempo extremas.
Para los clientes afectados que soliciten oportunamente un programa de pago, su proveedor de agua y alcantarillado tiene prohibido desconectar el servicio por falta de pago de las facturas adeudadas durante una emergencia por condiciones del tiempo extremas. Sin embargo, una vez que se ofrece un programa de pago, las desconexiones pueden reanudarse si usted (1) se niega a aceptar oportunamente el programa de pago, o (2) viola los términos del programa de pago.
Si tiene una factura de su proveedor de agua y alcantarillado adeudada durante una emergencia por condiciones del tiempo extremas, entonces tiene derecho a solicitar un programa de pago. PĂłngase en contacto con nuestra oficina en:
H2O InnovaciĂłn 2200 Sciaaca Rd Spring, Tx 77373 (281)-353-9756
