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How Cross Timber is run

Cross Timber spent $1,000 in the year to September 30, 2022, about $3 per resident.

City budget
$1,000
spent, year to September 30, 2022
Per resident
$3
Below typical Texas cities ($1,280)
Long-term debt
None
at year end

What stands out about how Cross Timber is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Your share of the budget

About $3 per resident a year, or $0.01 a day

The biggest line: courts, inspections & corrections, at 100% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Interest, fines & other 100%
The school district

Joshua Independent School District

Cross Timber’s K–12 school district, shared with Joshua, Burleson. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Cross Timber →
$12,172
per pupil · TX $12,815
6,020
students
$83.8 million
long-term debt

Of the $12,172 per pupil, $7,015 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 41%State 53%Federal 6%

Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.

Also serving Cross Timber

Burleson Independent School District · $11,085 per pupil

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Cross Timber

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Cross Timber yet. Neighbors can add them.

Who represents Cross Timber

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Cross Timber.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Texas HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Texas SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach Cross Timber’s government

Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.

The Handbook →

Questions about how Cross Timber is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Does Cross Timber get good value for its tax dollars?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Ask neighbors

Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.

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