The Texas Comptroller’s office finally came calling for the near million dollars of sales tax Krugerville received from Burnco several years ago.
After receiving $812,533 and later $106,572 in tax revenue beginning in March 2023, Mayor Jeff Parrent explained council and staff suspected something was amiss.
“We don’t even collect that much for the entire year,” Jeff said. “This council and staff chose to do what’s right and put it in an interest-bearing account and didn’t spend it. This month we got the letter and email, and they’re asking for $916,439.93 to be returned. That’s not a big deal for us because we [still] have it.”
The interest the city made while that money sat in the account is a different story.
“Thankfully, they let us make some interest on it,” council member Rodney Cagle said.
Police Chief James Edland officially welcomed two new officers to his department earlier in the meeting: Clay Parrent, Jeff’s son, and Stoney Ward, who came out of retirement to join the de- partment.
Council later discussed road repairs and an addition to city hall.
“We’re in a place currently where we have some additional funds, have some money in reserves, and we need to put it on some streets,” Jeff said first about the road repairs before moving to the renovation. “I’ve come up with some sketches of 40’-50’, 50’-50’ tops because we’ve still got to have parking out here and have to have the shop.”
Jeff and Mayor Pro Tem Kristen Kromer explained the road repairs run the gambit from patches to complete repours.
“Me and the contractor are going to mark the areas, [and] number them one through however many we have,” Jeff said. “What I’m going to try to do is over the next several years starting immediately … depending on the severity of the problem.”
For the renovation and addition to city hall, Jeff explained he and staff are still finding the number as far as what the city has to spend.
“I think it’s about $900,000 for the renovations, but that’s not a real number yet,” Jeff said.
