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TomRamsey Harris County Precinct 3 commissioner
BY DANICA LLOYD
The new year brings changes for Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey, as redistricting this fall ipped much of Precinct 3 and Precinct 4’s jurisdictions. This transition is slated for completion in March, and Ramsey said his sta is working closely with Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle’s sta . “Commissioner Cagle and I are committed to working with each other,” he said. “Some are even calling this Precinct 7—which is a combination of Precinct 3 and 4. We don’t want any projects to be delayed; we don’t want any services to go unattended.” Ramsey, who was elected in November 2020, discussed priorities for 2022 during a Dec. 16 interview with Community Impact Newspaper. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.
Harris County Commissioner Tom Ramsey speaks at a Dec. 7 ribbon-cutting event for a joint road project with Precinct 4. (Courtesy Harris County Precinct 4)
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST ACCOM PLISHMENTS IN PRECINCT 3 FROM2021? One of them was lowering taxes. When we met in October to set the tax rate, we not only lowered the taxes in terms of the tax rate; we reduced the tax revenues in terms of the amount of money that the county was taking in from taxes. We also had safe neighborhoods as a focus. ... [The county] tried to eliminate the constable program last year. I was able to secure unanimous support from court that they not do that. And then we had better infrastructure [as a goal]. That has to do with not only building new but taking care of what we’ve got. We had over 4,500 service requests, and we addressed every one of
parents back to work, and government needs to help with that. And the infrastructure is going to continue to be a focus. We’ve got the 2018 [ ood] bond issue projects we have to complete. The other corollary to that has to do with money to support that. It seems like every meeting we come up with a new program. ... but I’m telling you every dollar that’s spent on a new program [is] a dollar that’s not spent on infrastructure. We’ve [also] got to get I-45 started back up. ... I-45 is one of our major arteries, and if you do not have a robust, healthy center of our county, which is downtown, then all the rest of the area is going to su er as well.
those. We had over 156 projects with a construction value of over $407 million, and 103 projects are currently in the construction phase. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES FOR 2022? My top priority for 2022, again, is crime. We’re going to continue to push for more o cers, whether that’s sheri ’s o cers and constable o cers or [in] Tomball, Jersey Village or any of the villages. But the other issue that’s so critical in 2022 is to get people back to work, get people back to some normal function. We’ve got two years understand- ing this COVID[-19] issue. I think we’re ready to get our kids back to school, we’re ready to get the
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