I wasn’t aware of just how many jurisdictions and taxing authorities there are in a single metropolitan area until I started getting into it. Layers and layers. Summer seems to be when budgets are hammered out. In no particular order:

City of Houston City Council

City Council Committees

Harris County Commissioners Court

Harris Health

Harris County Flood Control District

METRO

TIRZ (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones) – City of Houston

Super Neighborhoods – City of Houston

Texas legislature

School districts – too many to list.