Meet the WCID Board
The Lampasas County WCID #1 is governed by a seven-member elected board of directors responsible for the oversight, funding, and strategic direction of the district.

Paul Wilborn
Paul Wilborn has served on the Board of Directors of the Lampasas County Water Control and Improvements District No. 1 (WCID) for twenty years. He has held positions of board President, Vice President, and Treasurer. During his tenure the WCID has conducted operation and maintenance activities on the nine flood water retarding structures in the Sulphur Creek Watershed including brush and timber removal, fence building, and primary spillway repair. He has also accompanied inspection teams from NRCS, TEQ, and engineering firms.
Paul came to Lampasas in 1979 to work at First National Bank (now First Texas Bank). He retired after thirty two years as Sr. V.P. in lending. He has served on boards of numerous community organizations including the Lampasas Home Rule Charter Commission, Lampasas Economic Development Corp. Lampasas Central Appraisal District, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, and Lampasas Chamber of Commerce. He has also been involved part time in ranching with family and friends for all his time in Lampasas County.
Paul and his wife, Shirley, enjoy working on their home place, helping friends, and working a big garden.

John Walker
John Walker is a member of the Lampasas WCID#1 and has been on the board for 20 years. John has lived in Lampasas most of his life and graduated from Lampasas High School and remembers when these Flood Retardant Structures (FRS) were built. John went on to graduate from The University of Texas at Austin and is a registered Architect. John spent most of his career in the construction business and is now semi-retired but enjoys working
with his daughter in-law, also a registered Architect, designing businesses and residences in the surrounding area. Having lived through the last major flood in 1957 John is committed to making sure all nine of the FRS’s are protected and maintained as funds allow.
John and his wife enjoy living just west of town on their ranch which includes one of the FRS where they share the ranch with their two grown children and two grandchildren. They raise cattle and coastal hay. The entire family is very actively involved in the community.

David May
David May serves on the Board of Directors for Lampasas County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. He is a senior technology executive with more than 30 years of leadership experience in the semiconductor and enterprise software industries. Throughout his career, David has held executive leadership positions at global technology companies, including VMware, where he led worldwide sales operations and business transformation initiatives supporting multi-billion-dollar business organizations. His expertise includes strategic planning, operational excellence, financial management, organizational leadership, and process improvement.
David brings extensive experience in governance, budgeting, operational planning, and risk management to the District. As a board member, he is committed to protecting and maintaining the District’s flood control infrastructure, exercising sound fiscal stewardship, and supporting transparent, responsible decision-making that benefits the citizens of Lampasas County.
David and his wife Kristy enjoy spending time on their ranch in Lampasas County, where they raise cattle and remain actively involved in the Lampasas community. In their free time, they enjoy traveling to see their children and grandchildren.

Bob Chapman
Bob Chapman received a degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1972 and began his career working with the City of Dallas Water Department. From there he worked for a Civil Engineering consultant firm and for the City of Irving as Asst. City Engineer/Asst. Director of Public Works where he directed the Engineering Design, Construction Inspection, and Right-of-Way staff of the City. He administered the Capital Improvement Program for the City including street, water, sanitary sewer, and drainage projects funded by general funds, system funds and bond funds.
After his retirement in 2008 he settled in Lampasas and has served on several volunteer organizations since then. He has worked with the Lampasas Mission, acted as his Church’s Mission Chairman, re-created the local Salvation Army Unit and was President, and worked with the Ark of Highland Lakes in Marble Falls. Also, he served with several disaster relief organizations at several locations around the state and saw first-hand what destruction can be caused by flood, hurricane, fire and wind. This combination of on the ground knowledge as well as the engineering background to see cause and affect led him to become involved in the Lampasas County Water Control and Improvement District #1.
Bob looks forward to working to keep the facilities within the District up to standard so that the City and County of Lampasas can continue to enjoy the flood protection that it needs.

Rick Cantu
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Bart Clary
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Our Role in Your Safety
The WCID operates nine Floodwater Retarding Structures on Sulphur Creek and its tributaries — slowing and storing floodwaters during storm events so downstream areas stay safe. Keeping those structures effective requires ongoing maintenance: vegetative cover management, brush and weed control, grazing fences, and both annual and formal 5-year dam safety inspections. And as Central Texas grows, the work extends beyond the dams themselves — increased rooftops and roads raise runoff volume, so the WCID also advocates for responsible development within the watershed to ensure the protection these structures were designed to provide remains intact for generations to come.

