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Fox Canyon GMA adopts FY 2025–26 budgets, directs priority on new database and improved public access
Summary
The Fox Canyon GMA board approved the agency and Watermaster budgets for FY 2025–26, reduced the per‑acre‑foot sustainability fee, and directed staff to prioritize a new data management system; the board requested the incoming executive officer return with a specific plan and scheduled a six‑month fiscal review.
The Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency board on July 23 adopted the agency's fiscal year 2025–26 budget, approved the Watermaster budget and a $60 per acre‑foot assessment, and directed staff to prioritize creation of a new database and improved public access to agency information.
Board members discussed staffing, recruitment and retention under Assembly Bill 256 before moving to a lengthy budget review. Jeff Palmer, interim executive officer, told the board the agency had operated with many vacancies earlier in 2025 and that the executive officer position was filled with a start date of Aug. 11. "We should have that position filled with a full time, dedicated executive officer running the agency," Palmer said during the staffing update.
During the budget debate, several directors pressed for a…
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