Author: BCMUD3

🗑️ Holiday Trash & Recycling Schedule Update from Best Trash

🎁 Season’s Greetings!
Best Trash wishes everyone a joyful and safe holiday season — thank you for allowing us to be a part of the community!

🚫 No Collection Dates

♻️ Extra Recycling Tip

Overflow recycling may be placed in:

  • Clear bags
  • Cardboard boxes clearly marked “Recycle”

⏰ Important Reminders for all Customers!

  • Place bins at the curb by 7:00 AM on your scheduled day.
  • Pickup may be earlier than usual (lighter volume).
  • Or delayed due to increased holiday waste.

🙏 Thank you for your cooperation as our crews work hard to keep everything running smoothly!

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate: September 4, 2025

The Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 03 (BCMUD 3) will hold a public hearing on its proposed tax rate for the 2025 fiscal year.

The District is proposing to keep its total tax rate unchanged at $0.33500 per $100 of valuation. However, due to a significant reduction in general homestead exemptions (from $16,002 to $3,617) and a change in average taxable values, the tax bill on an average residence homestead is projected to increase by $37.06 (3.12%) compared to last year.

For complete details, including the official breakdown of the M&O and Debt Service rates, please refer to the original notice.

Notice of Sewer Rate Adjustment

Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 3 (the “District”) is committed to providing efficient, high-quality sewer service while keeping rates as low as possible for our customers. To continue meeting rising operational costs, specifically increased garbage collection costs, the District has implemented a sewer rate adjustment.

Even with this increase, the District continues to offer some of the lowest water and sewer rates in the region. Please understand that the District’s Flat Sewer Rate includes the costs for garbage collections services as a pass-through cost to its customers and that the District for the past several years has been absorbing the increased costs for garbage collection without increasing its fees. We appreciate your understanding as we make this necessary adjustment to ensure continued reliable service.

Hurricane Season is Here

To stay up to date with the latest district-related news, bookmark and regularly check the Brazoria County MUD #3 website at https://www.bcmud3.org.

For real-time alerts and notifications, enter your email address and cell phone number here:

https://bcmud3.classicmessaging.com

The District will only send messages for relevant matters such as issues with storm sewer, sanitary sewer, potable water, trash collection, and other important matters.

Please be safe this hurricane season!

Your Brazoria County MUD #3 board of directors

Storm System Alert: Adjustments to Service Schedule

With the latest snow forecast for Tuesday, Best Trash will be closed for regular operations tomorrow.

Please see the revised schedule below for the tentative schedule for the rest of the week.

  • Monday: We will run a regular service day.
  • Tuesday: Closed.
  • Wednesday: Delayed start.
  • Thursday: Delayed start.

Note: If the landfills close due to inclement weather, we cannot run our routes on those day(s).

The guidelines are subject to change depending on the actual weather conditions.

If we are unable to run our routes on your scheduled service day, your pick-up will be on the next scheduled service day.

If plants die due to the weather, they will be considered storm debris and handled accordingly.

Best wishes, and be safe.

Thanksgiving Holiday Trash / Recycle Update

Thursday, November 21st will be the last recycling pick up before the Thursday, December 5th pick up. Trash will be picked up on Monday, November 25th and Monday, December 2nd.

There will be no trash or recycling service on Thursday, November 28th (Thanksgiving Day) for Brazoria County MUD No. 3.

Thank you for your understanding of the Holiday Schedule.

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate – October 3, 2024

The Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 03 will hold a public hearing on the proposed tax rate for the tax year 2024. Here are the details of the meeting:

Tax Rate Analysis

The proposed tax rate for 2024 is $0.33500 per $100 of value, a slight decrease from last year’s rate of $0.33700, reflecting a -0.59% change.

The average appraised value of a residence homestead has increased from $363,067 to $371,915. However, the general homestead exemption has decreased, affecting the average taxable value, which has increased from $326,471 to $354,561.

Consequently, the tax on an average residence homestead is proposed to increase from $1,100.21 to $1,187.78, an annual increase of $87.57 or 7.96%.

Additional Information

If the proposed combined tax rate results in taxes on the average residence homestead increasing by more than 8%, qualified voters may petition for an election to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the voter-approval tax rate as per Section 49.23603 of the Water Code.

For more details and to better understand how this tax rate may impact your property taxes, please refer to the full document or visit the Texas Comptroller’s website at comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax. You can also access your local property tax database through Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes for information on your property taxes and scheduled public hearings.

BERYL STORM DEBRIS CLEANUP

Dear Residents,

We’ve hired Texas Groundworks Management, Inc. to help clean up the storm debris in our District. They are planning to begin the cleanup on Tuesday, July 16th, and it might take several days to finish the job.

The cleanup will include removing tree debris (like fallen branches and other tree-related debris), damaged or unwanted fence materials, and any other non-trash debris.

Texas Groundworks will use equipment like dump trucks, wood chippers, dump trailers, and chainsaws to make sure everything is cleaned up efficiently and properly disposed of according to local regulations.

We appreciate your patience during this process. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at board@bcmud3.org or 713-739-1060.