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County approves $3M for debris removal In a 3-2 vote, Montgomery County commission- ers on Sept. 24 authorized an additional $3 million for debris pickup in The Woodlands area and River Plantation community to allow contractor CrowderGulf to make a final pass for storm debris. The breakdown Jason Millsaps, executive director of Mont- gomery County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, said the additional funds will go toward picking up vegetative debris from Hurricane Beryl along the county right of way in The Woodlands Township and for roughly 300 residents who did not originally register for pickup in the eastern portion of the county. Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack disagreed with the inclusion of The Woodlands in the coun- ty’s new debris removal authorization, stating he had established an agreement with the township in
Conroe OKs changes to water, sewer rates During its Sept. 26 meeting, Conroe City Council unanimously approved new water and sewer rates effective Dec. 1. In a nutshell The new rates will charge multifamily units at 90% of the single-family rates, with volumetric water charges based on a per-unit basis, according to a Sept. 26 news release. The council also approved the multi- family lifeline rate, which provides a 50% discount on water and sewer base rates for disabled and/or residents aged 65 and over who reside in apartments, per the release. “The discrepancy between a single family using the minimum and an apart- ment resident was blatantly visible, and ... it should have been addressed before,” council member David Hairel said.
Managing debris removal July 8: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall July 16: Montgomery County authorizes $14.6M for debris removal Aug. 27: CrowderGulf requests additional $10M Aug. 27: County halts pickup over cost dispute Sept. 3: County resumes pickup with $24M limit Sept. 24: County increases limit to $27M
SOURCE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
order to pick up debris in the right of way. “We go around the community and we meet the needs of the community,” County Judge Mark Keough said. “We don’t want to spend it, but this is how we know it’s going to get done.” What’s next? The authorization increases the total cost of debris pickup to not exceed $27 million. However, Millsaps said he does not expect the county to use the entirety of the additional $3 million due to the debris collections now being targeted to specific areas.
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