CITY & SCHOOLS
News from Missouri City, Sugar Land & Fort Bend ISD
NUMBER TO KNOW shortfall at Fort Bend ISD $49M CITY HIGHLIGHTS SUGAR LAND Part of a drainage project in the Sugar Creek subdivision is getting expedited after Sugar Land City Council approved $824,000 for the section at a May 17 meeting. The first phase of two phases, which includes 2,100 feet of storm sewer, was 75% complete as of the meeting. Phase 2 is planned for 2024. With the approval, a portion of the second phase is now being grouped into the timeline of Phase 1 to lock in contract rates among rising construction costs. City officials said the reallocation is possible because while $4.8 million was budgeted for Phase 1, $3.2 million was used. The project will include the upsizing of storm sewer pipes, outfall and inlets with pavement replacement and is budgeted for $8.8 million. Sugar Land City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. June 21 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. June 21 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. June 14 at 401 Jackson St., Richmond. Meetings are livestreamed and in person. 281-342-3411. www.fortbendcountytx.gov The Fort Bend ISD board of trustees will meet at 6 p.m. June 13 at 16431 Lexington Blvd., Sugar Land. Meetings are livestreamed and in MEETINGS WE COVER
Water treatment plant expansion enters design phase
BY HUNTER MARROW
A NEW FACILITY
MISSOURI CITY Design work on a $14 million expan- sion project expected to add capacity to Missouri City’s Mustang Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant is scheduled to take approximately six months, city officials said. On May 16, Missouri City City Council approved hiring engineering consulting firm HR Green Inc. to design the project, according to agenda documents. The expansion will increase the total capacity of the plant to approxi- mately 3 million gallons of wastewater per day, according to agenda documents. The existing site, which consists of two package plants, one concrete plant and a recently integrated package plant, is capable of a capacity of 1.95 million gallons per day, according to agenda documents. Missouri City operates and maintains these facilities, which continue to see increased demand, city officials said.
The project is expected to begin in the spring or summer of 2023.
6 MONTHS of design
3 MILLION gallons per day
$14 MILLION toward expansion
SOURCE: CITY OF MISSOURI CITY/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
“This part of the city is experiencing rapid growth,” said Shashi Kumar, Missouri City public works director, via email. “This [wastewater treatment plant] expansion is needed to support [that] growth.” An exact date on when construction on the expansion will begin is unknown, though construction is anticipated to begin in spring or summer of 2023, Kumar said.
Sugar Land, FBISD exchange land
FBISD passes $14.7M in staff pay raises
NEW PAY RATES The teacher adjustments will cost $8 million.
$59,500 starting teachers $80,000 teachers with 40 years of experience
BY LAURA ROBB
BY HUNTER MARROW
SUGAR LAND At a May 17 meeting, Sugar Land City Coun- cil unanimously approved the exchange of 0.87 acres between the city and Fort Bend ISD. The land received by FBISD will be used to develop outdoor athletic facilities, such as a track, for Sugar Land Middle School. The land will come from City Park, which is adjacent to the middle school. In return, the city gained 0.87 acres of property from Colony Bend Elementary School, which will better define ownership of an existing soccer field, according to meeting documents.
FORT BEND ISD At its May 16 meeting, the Fort Bend ISD board of trustees unanimously approved compensation adjustments worth $14.7 million for teaching and nonteaching staff. Starting in the 2022-23 school year, the district will increase the starting teacher pay by $1,000, from $58,500 to $59,500. The adjustments also include $500 step increases for each year of experience. The compensation adjustments for teachers will cost $8 million. That means starting teachers will have a yearly salary of $59,500, while teachers with 40 years of experience will have a yearly salary of $80,000.
SOURCE: FORT BEND ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
The district will also spend $5 million on nonteacher pay increases, with an additional $600,000 coming from the child nutrition and extended learning funds, per agenda docu- ments. An additional $1.1 million would adjust pay for 966 staff in hard-to-fill positions and pay for an additional 28 calendar days worked by select district staff. The adjustments come as the dis- trict faces a nearly $49 million short- fall for the fiscal year 2022-23 budget, according to FBISD projections.
person. 281-634-1000. www.fortbendisd.com
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SUGAR LAND - MISSOURI CITY EDITION • JUNE 2022
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