After using reserves to help balance the budget last year without a tax increase, directors of the Mesa Underground Water Conservation District are considering a small tax increase for the coming year. Adoption of a new tax rate and approval of a budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year are among the items on the agenda for the board of directors’ monthly meeting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the district office, 212 N. Ave. G. According to a notice published in the Lamesa Press-Reporter this past week, the district is proposing a property tax rate of 1.822 cents per $100 of taxable property ...