The Texoma Council of Governments, the Sherman-based agency that runs housing, energy assistance, senior services and 911 programs for Grayson, Fannin and Cooke counties, came through its latest annual audit without a single finding.
The council posted its financial report for the fiscal year that ended April 30, 2026, on its website this week. The outside auditor, Whitley Penn, issued an unmodified opinion, the cleanest grade an audit can carry, and reported no material weaknesses, no significant deficiencies and no questioned costs in either the financial statements or the federal and state grant programs it tested.
The firm also classified the council as a low-risk auditee.
Where the money went
The agency spent $21.9 million during the year, down about 3% from $22.6 million the year before, while revenue slipped to $22.4 million from $22.8 million. Nearly all of it arrives as grants and contracts from federal and state agencies.
By far the largest share, almost $17 million, went to housing and client services. That category includes:
- Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, which accounted for about $10.7 million in federal spending across two grant years.
- Utility bill help, with about $5.5 million spent through the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program and related low-income energy grants. Auditors tested this program in detail as one of the agency's major federal programs.
- Home weatherization, with about $638,000 in U.S. Department of Energy money.
Aging and disability services, run through the Area Agency on Aging of Texoma, cost $3.2 million, down from $3.5 million. Community and economic development work fell to $1.45 million from $1.86 million. The Emergency 911 program, funded by the state's emergency communications commission, was the major state program auditors reviewed.
