For the first time in more than 20 years, more people are interested in serving on the Lower Brushy Creek Water Control & Improvement District board of directors than there are board seats open.
Three positions on the five-person board are up for election in May. Four people have filed to run.
“This is a good thing,” said long-time board president Ed Komondosy. “We’ve never had this kind of interest in our mission.”
Mitchell Drummond and Mark Baudek join incumbents Allen Ray David and Laine Holman on the ballot for the May 3 election.
David, of Thrall, has served on the board since May 2022, has served on the Thrall ISD Board and has been in the farm equipment business.
Holman, of Taylor, has served on the Board since February 2022 and has been CPA and CFO.
Drummond, of Taylor, has served two terms on the Taylor city council and helped launch the Boys and Girls Club of East Williamson County.
Boudek, who manages a farm near Thrall, is a graduate of Texas State University, has served in the US Army as Military Policeman, and has been in the service business
Scott Ging, of Coupland, who has served since February 2015, chose not to seek re-election.
The top three vote-getters from the four candidates will serve four-year terms beginning in May.
The Lower Brushy Creek WCID operates and maintains twenty-three flood control structures in eastern Williamson and western Milam Counties. These earthen dams were designed and constructed in the early 1960s’ by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information can be found at the district’s website: lowerbrushycreekwcid.org.