BY CASSANDRA JENKINS & EMILY LINCKE
Humble OKs $489K for police equipment Humble City Council unanimously approved nearly $489,000 in equipment for the Humble Police Department—including radios, live cameras and vehicles—during the Oct. 24 council meeting. Sorting out details According to Oct. 24 meeting documents and city officials, the purchases include dash-mount mobile radios, portable digital radios, remote speaker microphones, two vehicles, a live-action camera contract and a system that would help air support track suspects being pursued by police, among other equipment. “I’m confident this can have real impact,” Humble Mayor Norman Funderburk said during the meeting. Quote of note “I want to ... commend [the Humble police
Houston keeps same property tax rate Members of the Houston City Council adopted a property tax rate Oct. 16 of $0.51919 per $100 valuation for the 2024-25 fiscal year—the same tax rate as the previous fiscal year. The takeaway Council members were debating the potential adoption of a higher tax rate to help fund roughly $40 million for ongoing disaster recovery efforts related to Hur- ricane Beryl and a May derecho, both of which caused extensive damage in the city. However, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Oct. 9 the distribution of $50 million in funds to communities in Southeast Texas to help with disaster recovery, which prompted council members to keep the tax rate the same.
Funding breakdown
Radios, microphones, extension cables, chargers and batteries: $184,300 Two vehicles: $110,911 Live-action camera contract: $103,750 Air support system: $89,997
SOURCE: HUMBLE CITY COUNCIL/COMMUNITY IMPACT
officers] for the job they do, because they keep a bunch of the criminal element pushed out of the actual city of Humble and into these other areas. ... The [new equipment systems] will just help with that a lot,” Police Chief Ken Theis said on Oct. 24. In case you missed it On Sept. 26, the council approved $1.44 mil- lion for the lease of 14 new patrol vehicles and traffic radar equipment for the Humble Police Department.
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