BY RACHEL LELAND, JAMES T. NORMAN & SHAWN ARRAJJ
Vote postponed to relocate children’s book League City City Council voted 6-2 at its Aug. 13 meeting to postpone accepting or rejecting a committee’s decision to move a children’s book to the library’s parenting section. The gist The city’s Community Standards Review Advi- sory Committee voted July 31 to move the book, “Big Wig” by Jonathan Hillman, to a higher shelf in Helen Hall Library and only allow adults to check the book out due to concerns about the content of the book, which tells the story of a young boy who “dresses in drag to compete in a neighborhood costume competition,” according to the book’s Simon and Schuster description. Helen Hall Library distributes cards that gives access level to certain sections of the library’s collection based on age, City Librarian Meredith Layton said.
GCPD agrees to help fund design for part of coast defense project In what officials called a “major milestone” in the steps needed to strengthen Texas’ Gulf Coast defense, the Gulf Coast Protection District, or GCPD, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reached a design agreement for portions of the Coastal Texas Project. What you need to know The agreement calls for the GCPD to take on 35% of all costs for parts of the Coastal Texas Project, according to an Aug. 14 release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Officials in the release caveated the signing, saying a separate agreement would be needed to start construction as well as an agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas General Land Office.
“In my opinion, I find it inappropriate because of the fact that it has underlying messages and subtle things that are giving off the wrong ideas to these kids.” LUANN SHUPP, LEAGUE CITY For reclassification
COMMUNITY STANDARD REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER
“I don’t see anything in this book that appears to be harmful to minors in any way, nothing that definitely meets the definition of obscenity. Nowhere in the book—hopefully you all read it—does it use the word drag.” WILL PATE, LEAGUE CITY RESIDENT Against reclassification What’s next? City officials said Sept. 3 there is no date set for City Council to reconsider the decision. In the mean- time, the book will remain in the children’s section.
Harris County approves increase in property tax rate Harris County commissioners approved an increase in the county’s property tax rate at a Sept. 19 meeting for the first time since fiscal year 2018-19. The takeaway This includes the Harris County Flood Control District’s tax rate, which was approved in August but will need voter approval in November. If
$0.7 $0.6 $0.5 $0.4 $0.3 $0.2 $0.1 $0
$0.62998
$0.60389
approved, a home valued at $300,000 will have an annual tax bill of roughly $1,450 after the county’s 20% homestead exemption is factored in. This is up from $1,272 under the current rate. Commissioners also bumped up property tax exemptions for senior and disabled homeowners in May.
- 4.14%
The new combined tax rate for the county is $0.60389 per $100 of valuation of a home—an increase from the tax rate of $0.53029 per $100 of valuation.
SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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