How Penelope is run
Penelope spent $39,000 in the year to September 30, 2022, about $188 per resident.
What stands out about how Penelope is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $188 per resident a year, or $0.52 a day
The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 82% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Who’s in charge in Penelope
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Penelope yet. Neighbors can add them.
0 full-time staff
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Penelope Independent School District
Penelope’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,024 per pupil, $8,024 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.
Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Penelope.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Penelope’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.
Questions about how Penelope is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.