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FBISD board OKs $768 million budget for 2022 23
BY HUNTER MARROW
Relief funds granted to the district from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. When combined with FBISD’s existing reserve, the district is able to meet that 90-day requirement, Guinn said. A tax rate election, which the district is considering, would allow FBISD to ask voters in November to approve a tax rate hike to increase the district’s revenue, helping address future budget de cits, Guinn con rmed to trustee Rick Garcia. Out of the $49 million shortfall, $26 million can be attributed to enrollment not meeting expectations.
FORT BEND ISD The board of trustees unanimously approved Fort Bend ISD’s nearly $768 million budget for the 2022-23 year during its June 20 meeting. Included in that approval is a 2%-3% salary increase for teachers and other sta , bringing the starting teacher pay up to $59,500 beginning in July, FBISD announced in a June 20 news release. Of the $768 million in the general fund, $679 million represents salaries and bene ts. In total, including the district’s general fund, debt service fund and child nutrition budget, that equals approximately $930 million, according to June 20 agenda documents. The approved general fund represents more than a 4% increase compared to the year prior. The approval also partially addresses an approximately $49 million shortfall in the 2022-23 budget, a shortfall that would prevent the district from meeting its 90-day fund balance reserve required by district policy, FBISD Chief Financial O cer Bryan Guinn said. Helping to o set that shortfall is $27 million in unallo- cated federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency
JEFFREY BONEY, MISSOURI CITY MAYOR PRO TEM, ON SELECTING A CITY MANAGER
Sugar Land City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. July 18 at 2700 Town Center Blvd. N., Sugar Land. Meetings are livestreamed and in person. 281-275-2900. www.sugarlandtx.gov Missouri City City Council will meet at 7 p.m. July 18 at 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City. Meetings are livestreamed and in person. 281-403-8500. www.missouricitytx.gov Fort Bend County Commissioners Court will meet at 1 p.m. July 12 at 401 Jackson St., Richmond. Meetings are livestreamed and in person. 281-342-3411. www.fortbendcountytx.gov Fort Bend ISD board of trustees will meet at 6 p.m. July 25 at 16431 Lexington Blvd., Sugar Land. Meetings are livestreamed and in MEETINGS WE COVER MEETING HIGHLIGHTS FORT BEND ISD On June 13, the Fort Bend ISD board of trustees approved Raymond Anderson Haas, Clementine Arana and Michael Jones to be Dulles Elementary School principal, Edgar Glover Jr. Elementary School principal and transportation executive director, respectively.
EXPENDITURES BREAKDOWN
88.4% Salaries and bene ts
Of the $768 million found in the general fund, $679 million represents salaries and bene ts. SOURCE: FORT BEND ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Airport drainage project secures $27.5M
Missouri City City Council appoints David Jordan as acting city manager in 5 1 vote
BY LAURA ROBB
BY HUNTER MARROW
Missouri City charter. Jordan, chief operations o cer, will ll the role in cases when the city’s interim city manager is absent or disabled, per the charter.
SUGAR LAND A ood control proj- ect west of Sugar Land Regional Air- port will see $27.5 million in funding after the Texas Water Development Board approved a loan, according to a June 13 news release. The project will include a detention pond, channel improvements, a weir diversion structure, drop structures and diversion channels, per the release. It is expected to take about 2 1/2 years. Planning will begin after the loan is nalized in December.
MISSOURI CITY Through a 5-1 vote at City Council during a special meeting June 13, David Jordan has been designated as Missouri City’s acting city manager. Council Member Vashaundra Edwards was absent during the vote, and Council Member Monica Riley voted against. The appointment comes because the position—or an administrative equivalent—is required to be lled by a city manager within 60 days of taking o ce, according to the
David Jordan
“I bring a unique skill set to the table, and I’m quali ed to do the job,” Jordan said at the meeting. Jordan has served as the city’s chief operations o cer since March.
person. 281-634-1000. www.fortbendisd.com
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