League City City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Oct. 11 and 25 at 200 W. Walker St., League City. Meetings are streamed at www.facebook.com/ leaguecitytexas. Harris County Commissioners Court will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 27 and Oct. 11 at 1001 Preston St., Ste. 934, Houston. Meetings are streamed at www.harriscountytx.gov. Houston City Counci l will meet at 9 a.m. Sept. 28 and Oct. 5, 12 and 19 at 901 Bagby St., Houston. MEETINGS WE COVER OTHER HIGHLIGHTS HARRIS COUNTY During a special meeting Aug. 31, Harris County commissioners voted to approve an agreement for a $750 million grant from the Texas General Land Office for flood mitigation. The county will have around 10 years to expend the funds. About $600 million will be available for projects, with the rest going to administration, IT and general project delivery. Guidelines from the GLO dictate each project must have a minimum budget of $1 million, and 51% of the beneficiaries must be low to moderate income.
League City fiscal year 2022- 23 budget includes ‘record’ amount of capital projects
CAPITAL INCREASE
The fiscal year 2022-23 budget includes far more money for capital projects than the FY 2021-22 budget.
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BY JAKE MAGEE
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LEAGUE CITY The fiscal year 2022-23 budget for League City, approved Sept. 13, includes what League City City Council Member Nick Long said is a “record” amount of capital projects. The budget, which begins Oct. 1, totals $318.63 million, $148.25 million of which is for capital projects. For comparison, the FY 2021-22 budget is $252.25 million, $87.03 million of which is for capital projects, according to city documents. Budget and Project Management Director Angie Steelman shared documents with Community Impact Newspaper detailing the $148 million in projects. “We have several large projects that are part of the [FY 2023-27 Capital Improvement Plan],” she wrote in an email. According to city documents, the capital projects budgeted for FY 2022-23 include normal reinvestment, such as sidewalk and street replacements and annual stormwater improvements. But the budget also includes $74.41 million for new street projects, several of which are from the $145 million bond voters approved in 2019. Additionally, the budget includes
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SOURCE: LEAGUE CITY/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
spending $24.29 million on drainage projects, which are from the 2019 bond program. The budget also calls for spending $711,850 on a police academy needs assessment, a firearms training facility and a sound wall for the city’s animal adoption center. Another $250,000 will be spent on an expansion to Fire Station No. 5’s dormitory and bay. In FY 2024-25, the city plans to spend another $9.06 million on the project and the following year plans to spend $150,000 on a study for two future fire station locations. Another $2.1 million is earmarked for generators for city facilities, remodeling the Burd House in League Park, a facility needs assessment and more. Finally, the city has allocated $10.11 million toward various parks projects, including a mountain bike course in Lynn Gripon Park. City Council will vote Sept. 27 on the proposed tax rate of $0.415526 per $100 valuation.
Meetings are streamed at www.houstontx.gov/htv.
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