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COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS MONTGOMERY COUNTY Commissioners allocated $271,289.15 from Precinct 4 Commissioner James Metts’ department budget toward the county’s new payroll department April 12. The department was created after commissioners voted to strip Montgomery County Treasurer Melanie Bush of her payroll-related duties March 8. Tomball City Council will meet 6 p.m. May 2 and 16 at 401 Market St., Tomball. 281-351-5484 • www.tomballtx.gov Magnolia City Council will meet 7 p.m. May 10 at 18111 Buddy Riley Blvd., Magnolia. 281-356-2266 www.cityofmagnolia.com Montgomery Commissioners Court will meet 9:30 a.m. April 26 and May 10 at 501 N. Thompson St., Ste. 402, Conroe. • 936-756-0571 www.mctx.org Harris County Commissioners Court will meet 10 a.m. April 26 and May 10 virtually and at 1001 Preston St., Ste. 934, Houston. www.harriscountytx.gov MEETINGSWE COVER
ThreeHarris County employees are facing felony indictments HARRIS COUNTY Three Harris County senior employ- ees are facing indictments for the felony charges of misuse of official information and tampering with records as of April 11, according to Harris County District Clerk online records. The indictments come one month after search warrants were first executed in connection with a contro- versial county contract. BY EMILY LINCKE FOLLOWING THE CONTROVERSY Harris County’s $11 million contract with Elevate Strategies for COVID-19 vaccine outreach sparked controversy, leading to the recent indictment of three county employees. June 2021: Harris County Commissioners Court approves an $11 million contract with Elevate Strategies.
September 2021: Republican commissioners share concerns about the integrity of the contract awarding process, and the contract is canceled. October 2021: Texas Ranger Daron Parker begins his investigation into the contract. March 2022: Search warrants are executed for laptops, phones and Google files of Harris County employees. April 2022: Three Harris County employees are indicted for criminal felonies related to the contract. SOURCES: HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS RANGERS, HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER A third warrant was executed for 14 digital Google files, according to a March 10 affidavit by Texas Ranger Daron Parker from the district clerk. The search warrants were granted based on evidence provided by Parker in his investigation of the county’s canceled contract with firm Elevate Strategies, which Harris County hired to conduct community outreach encouraging county residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Commissioners voted unanimously to termi- nate the contract Sept. 14.
Aaron Dunn, Wallis Nader and Alex Triantaphyllis are each facing warrants for their arrests for the criminal charges, according to the district clerk’s records. Dunn, Nader and Triantaphyllis serve as the senior adviser for public safety and emergency management; policy director; and chief of staff for Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s office, respectively. Hidalgo posted a statement to her Twitter account April 12 stating that the indicted employees will not be removed from her team. “I do not and will not cave to bullying or political dirty tricks,” Hidalgo said via the statement. “I have not seen anything to suggest that my staff did anything but work tirelessly for the people of Harris County.” Search warrants were first executed in connection with the investigation for electronic devices March 11 and March 16 by the Texas Rangers. The investigation began in October over the county’s canceled $11 million COVID-19 vaccine outreach contract with Elevate Strategies.
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