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Bellaire City Council will meet at 6 p.m. July 11 at 7008 S. Rice Ave., Bellaire. Meetings are streamed at www.bellairetx.gov. West University Place City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. July 11 at 3800 University Blvd., Houston. Meetings are available via teleconference. Find details at www.westutx.gov. Houston City Council will meet at 1:30 p.m. July 5 for public comment and 9 a.m. July 6 for regular business at 901 Bagby St., Houston. MEETINGS WE COVER CITY HIGHLIGHTS BELLAIRE The Bellaire City Council voted June 20 to reset fee increases that were adopted along with Bellaire’s 2021-22 scal year budget in September for residents to obtain permits to host garage sales. The move was brought to the council by Council Members Brian Witt, Catherine Lewis and Jim Hotze, who cited resident complaints. Fees for garage sale permits were raised to $61 in the 2021-22 budget, up from $15 the previous year. The action June 20 reset those fees back to $15.
Houston adopts scal year 2022 23 budget
Design contract approved for water line replacement
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installed prior to 1939, will be lled in and abandoned, according to an IDS over- view provided to the city. The design process is expected to last 6.5 months as engineering services will begin a topographical survey of the area. The city has budgeted an additional $1.42 million for construction, which o cials said is planned to begin in 2023.
HOUSTON A $5.7 billion budget was approved by Houston City Council on June 1 for scal year 2022-23, an increase of $487 million in expenditures from the previous year. Roughly $160 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds will be used for revenue replacement. During the vote, District C Council Member Abbie Kamin said the city is under nancial constraints that are not sustainable. She said city departments, such as re, police and solid waste, need more money all around. “Without those ARPA dollars, we would continue to be in big trouble,” Kamin said. The budget included a 6% raise for re ghters, 4% for police and 3% for municipal employees. Raises have been approved for the next three years of 18% for re ghters, 10.5% for police and 9% for municipal employees.
WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE A $244,525 construction design contract was approved by the West University Place City Council May 23 for the Milton Waterline project. IDS Engineering will take on the project. Plans for the project include replacing existing cast iron water lines with approximately 4,650 linear feet of new polyvinyl chloride—or PVC—water lines along Milton Street; Goode Street; Amherst Street; Edloe Street; and Rice Boulevard, around West University Elemen- tary School, which is part of Houston ISD. Much of the existing cast iron lines, which were rst
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Revenue rose since the 2021-22 budget, but not as fast as expenditures. SOURCE: CITY OF HOUSTON COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER 2021-22
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