CITY & COUNTY
News from Conroe & Montgomery County
COUNTY HIGHLIGHT MONTGOMERY COUNTY Commissioners unanimously approved $500,000 from the county’s American Rescue Plan Act funds for the nonprofit Montgomery County Children’s Advocacy Center, doing business as Children’s Safe Harbor, during a June 28 meeting. The approved funds will go toward behavioral and mental health services, and the nonprofit must file a quarterly report to the county auditor’s office. MEETINGS WE COVER Montgomery County Commissioners Court Will meet at 9:30 a.m. July 26 and Aug. 9 and 23 501 N. Thompson St., Ste. 402, Conroe. 936-756-0571 www.mctx.org Conroe City Council Will meet at 9:30 a.m. July 28 and 6 p.m. Aug. 11 300 W. Davis St., Conroe 936-522-3010. www.cityofconroe.org
County to rework agreements for services to cities
Convention Center budget exceeds $100M
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS
County commissioners are assessing whether to charge municipal governments for some services provided, such as:
BY PEYTON MACKENZIE
CONROE At a Conroe City Council meeting June 22, Steve Williams, assistant city administrator and chief financial officer, said construction costs for the new Hyatt Regency Conroe and Convention Center had increased by nearly $8 million. Williams said the total cost of the project is now at $107 million, an increase from the budget of $99 million, which was already an increase from the original budget of $92 million before the hotel was determined to be Hyatt Regency. Williams also said 11 of 18 weather days built into the construction con- tract had been used. If more weather days are used, the cost will increase.
BY JISHNU NAIR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY The county will revisit how some of its services are provided to municipal governments within Montgomery County with the potential to charge for those services, such as animal control and the county jail. Commissioners voted 4-1 to assess several individual county departments’ interlocal agreements at a June 14 Commissioners Court session with Precinct 2 Commis- sioner Charlie Riley the sole “no” vote. Interlocal agreements dictate terms of services that the county can provide to other governing bodies, such as cities. Agreements can be for ongoing services or one- time projects. “Currently, these services are not provided through the cities,”
ANIMAL CONTROL
COUNTY JAIL
COUNTY PERMITTING
SOURCE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Budget Officer Amanda Carter said. “If they can provide them, it means the county is able to lower its tax rates further.” Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack brought the motion to Commissioners Court, saying he wanted to put municipalities “on notice” of potential charges for county services. Noack also noted the topic had come up for consider- ation “for years” without action.
Montgomery City Council Will meet at 6 p.m. July 26 and Aug. 9 and 23 101 Old Plantersville Road, Montgomery. 936-597-6434 www.montgomerytexas.gov
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