For Pflugerville City Council
Reliable water.
Smarter spending.
Real accountability.
I'm an accountant, not a politician. I want to bring
financial discipline to City Hall for my pfellow residents.
This summer's water restrictions should never have happened. Replacing our water treatment membranes is routine maintenance the city has done before, in 2016 and 2020. But planning slipped, and a predictable fix became a citywide emergency. Five pipeline breaks cut off our ability to refill Lake Pflugerville. The city declared a disaster on March 4, 2026. Residents lost landscaping, paid watering fines, and local growers lost crops. And the city spent emergency money on a bypass line, purchased water, repeated repairs, and rush-ordered membranes.
Meanwhile, the city is carrying one of the largest debt loads in its history. Over $200 million in certificates of obligation were issued in just the last two years. The Downtown East project is $215 million. That includes the new City Hall and the Monarch recreation center. Combined with the $200 million Wilbarger wastewater expansion, that is $415 million in major construction projects. For context, the entire FY26 budget is $783 million. More than half of that budget is going to two construction projects we did not need right now.
I have a Master of Accountancy. I work in finance. I know how to read a balance sheet and find waste where other people miss it. I'm running because my pfellow residents deserve a city government that treats every dollar like the taxpayer earned it and plans ahead so emergencies don't arrive on schedule.
Four pillars. One goal: a city government that works as hard as you do.
Never let predictable maintenance become an emergency again. I'll push for a standing critical-parts contingency policy, a public infrastructure-risk dashboard, and redundancy on the raw-water line so a single pipeline failure can't trigger another crisis.
The city has issued over $200 million in certificates of obligation in two years. When the city borrows millions lump-sum but spends it over years of construction, taxpayers pay interest on idle cash. I'll push for a draw-as-you-go debt policy. The city already uses this for water projects and saved $28 million. Let's extend that discipline citywide.
Residents absorbed the pain of the water crisis. The contractor and its insurers should hold the bill. I'll push to enforce liquidated-damages clauses in the $146 million plant-expansion contract awarded in November 2022. For context: the CTRMA 183 North contract can charge up to $125,000 per day for late work. Our contracts should have teeth too, and we should use them.
Publish the timelines, the contracts, and the true all-in cost of every major decision online. The $215 million Downtown East project, the $200 million Wilbarger wastewater expansion. Residents should see the full financing cost, not just the sticker price, explained so anyone can understand where their money is going.
I'm a neighbor and a numbers guy who believes government should live within its means, just like the families it serves.
I have a Master of Accountancy and work in financial operations. I want to bring that same rigor to City Hall. No politics as usual. Just a professional approach to running our city well.
Specific, verifiable promises, not slogans.
When a capital project that replaces essential equipment slips past its scheduled completion date, staff must automatically order the long-lead parts. The membranes we needed this summer are sole-source from a Hungarian supplier with a known 4 to 6 week lead time. A standing order policy would have prevented the crisis.
Stop issuing lump-sum long-term debt years before construction starts. That practice burns taxpayer dollars on interest for cash sitting idle. The city already uses draw-as-you-go financing for its water and wastewater work and saved roughly $28 million on interest. Extend that discipline to all capital projects.
The current rate structure spreads infrastructure costs evenly across all households. That means a family of four in a 1,400 square foot home pays the same base rate as a 4,000 square foot house with an irrigation system. I propose lowering the base water rate and raising the usage rate. The heavy users who drive infrastructure expansion should fund that expansion. Before I propose a specific rate structure, I will commission a study of median water use by single-family homes in Pflugerville. I will publish the 1st quartile and 3rd quartile usage numbers and show, publicly, that my plan saves money for every household up to the 3rd quartile. If you use a normal amount of water, your bill goes down. If you use a lot, you pay your share of the buildout.
The $146 million water plant expansion was awarded in November 2022 with an April 2025 target completion date. The contract has liquidated-damages provisions for schedule slippage. Other Central Texas public contracts levy up to $125,000 per day for late work. I will fight to enforce every penalty clause taxpayers already paid for and pursue cost recovery for the emergency spending.
Report the remaining useful life of critical assets to council and the public on a set schedule. Membranes, major pipelines, pumps. When a piece of infrastructure is approaching end-of-life, the whole city should know about it before it fails.
Commission a public review of the timeline, the decisions, and the costs. Publish the findings with a mandatory checklist the city must follow going forward. Residents deserve to know exactly what happened and what we are doing so it never happens again.
The sticker price on a bond is not the real cost. Publish the full financing cost, principal plus interest over the life of the debt, for every project over a set dollar threshold before the vote. Taxpayers deserve the honest number, not the sales pitch.
This campaign runs on neighbors and conviction, not special interests. Here’s how you can help.
This campaign does not take a single dollar. No special-interest money, no fundraising calls, no strings attached. I answer only to the voters of Pflugerville.
Tell your pfellow neighbors. Word of mouth is how local campaigns are won. Talk to people at the park, at school pickup, at HEB. If you believe the city should spend smarter, say so.