Cy-Fair | Jersey Village Edition | July 2025

Government

BY DIEGO COLLAZO

Jersey Village’s new mayor to prioritize ood mitigation, community James Singleton was elected mayor of Jersey Vil- lage in May. He has spent 20 years in public safety and currently serves as the information tech- nology director for the Spring Fire Department, a role he’s held for nearly a year. He previously served six years on City Council in Place 4 and ran

What are some areas where Jersey Village is doing well that you want to maintain? Over the last ve or six years, we’ve focused heavily on our water and wastewater systems. We’ve been leaning very hard to ensure that the systems are properly maintained and invested in for the future. ... How do you ensure residents’ voices are heard? ... One of my ideas is, competing opinions provide the best solutions. I look for people that disagree with me to hear and understand why. What is it about this decision that is a problem for you so that I can try to address it? ... I’m open to meeting with anybody in the city. Have you faced any challenges early on? Right now, we are looking for ways to fund our needed water and wastewater project, along with replacing the City Hall campus. The City Council and I have not agreed on the best way to go about that. ... [City Hall] needs to be replaced. How much money we spend and the way we go about that can vary signicantly. The big topic right now is how do we do that but remain scally conservative.

unopposed in his campaign for mayor. What is your top priority as mayor?

Ever since I was elected, my focus has been on ood mitigation, scal conservatism and making sure that we have a high level of service. Jersey Village is known for its public safety. Both the re and police department[s] are probably some of the best in the county. We’ve also done a lot of work in public works and other areas of the city to provide the highest level of service we can.

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