Amounts are listed for committee consideration on Oct. 27; the agenda does not itself record a funding decision.
A separate proposal would increase the fiscal 2026 Habitat Conservation Plan fund by $225,000 and amend the operating budget. This is a current-year budget proposal, distinct from the fiscal 2027 applications shown above. Keeping the years separate matters: the $225,000 figure describes a proposed amendment to an existing fund, while the three larger figures describe applications for the following fiscal year.
Budget, fees and financial oversight
The committee is scheduled to review the fiscal 2027 budget and aquifer-management fee rates after a report on the public hearing process. Fee rates can matter to those who pay for aquifer management, but the agenda is a notice of review, not a final rate schedule. Readers looking for the next official step should watch for the committee's recommendation and subsequent EAA records on the budget and rates.
The agenda also schedules a third-quarter 2026 investment activity report and consideration of an investment policy and strategy bylaw amendment with investment officers. Those items concern how EAA reports and manages public funds. An unaudited September financial statement is listed separately for review; its placement on the agenda should not be read as an audit finding or an adopted budget change.
Other proposed expenditures and agreements include up to $98,000 for RSM fiscal 2026 audit services, an $840 September legal payment to Kemp Smith, and a 2027 retirement-system agreement. The audit-services ceiling and legal payment are separate agenda proposals. The retirement agreement is another proposed action; the retained agenda overview supplies no terms that would justify describing its cost or effect on employees.
How to attend and comment
The Edwards Aquifer Authority Finance/Administrative Committee is scheduled to meet by video at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 27, 2026; the public may attend at https://edwardsaquifer-org.zoom.us/j/92325315533, and speakers must register their name, phone number and any agenda item by 4 p.m. Oct. 26 through jesparza@edwardsaquifer.org or 210-222-2204. The registration deadline is the practical cutoff for residents who want to address the committee about the habitat applications, budget or fee rates. The official agenda provides the meeting order and participation instructions.
Public comment appears near the start of the posted order. After reports and proposed action items, the agenda provides for closed session, possible action in open session, future agenda items and adjournment. A closed-session notice signals a possible private discussion under the posted agenda; it does not establish that a private session occurred or that a later public action was taken.
What to check next
The next verification point is the Oct. 27 committee record: its recommendations, any action on the applications or current-year amendment, and the direction given on the budget and rates. Any later EAA board record would establish whether a committee recommendation became a board decision. Residents can use the Oct. 27 agenda to identify the exact proposal they want to track and the meeting instructions needed to participate.
