Government
BY EMILY LINCKE
Stop Overpaying on Property Taxes Mark Martin was chosen by Humble City Council to ll Place 1, which was left vacant following the death of council member Charles “Andy” Curry on Dec. 15. Five people applied to ll Place 1, and they were each interviewed by City Council before Martin was chosen, Mayor Norman Funderburk said during the Feb. 12 regular Humble City Council meeting. City law allows the council to either hold a special election or appoint a replacement when a council member seat is left vacant. The Place 1 term runs until 2027. In December 2022, Martin was chosen to replace outgoing council member Charles Cunningham after he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives. Humble City Council appoints 2 leaders Humble City Council welcomed a new council member and interim police chief on Feb. 12. The gist
Humble restricts faux slot machines Humble City Council unanimously voted Feb. 12 to restrict faux slot machine games, called eight-liners, to specic venues— reducing the number of places allowed to oer the games by half, city ocials said. What’s changing? Under the new ordinance, bars, night clubs, bingo halls and billiard halls can only oer up to two eight-liner games. “In short, we’re taking them out of gas stations, and we’re not allowing stand- alone game rooms, period,” City Manager Jason Stuebe said. While slot machines and other gambling devices oering cash prizes are illegal in Texas, eight-liners are legal if they grant non-cash prizes worth less than $5, accord- ing to the Texas State Law Library.
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In other news Meanwhile, Kris Batteneld was selected as interim chief for the Humble Police Department following former Chief Daniel Zientek’s resignation on Feb. 10. Batteneld previously served as a captain for HPD. On Dec. 11, Zientek was put on administrative leave pending a third-party investigation into HPD’s management and operations. On Feb. 12, City Manager Jason Stuebe said the city would not share the investigation results at this time due to attorney-client privilege.
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