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Fiscal year ends in two months
County vehicle maintenance
division seeks $600,000 for fuel
Fort Bend County’s Vehicle Maintenance division is in dire straits because of the rising gasoline prices.
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Fort Bend County gets more time
from FEMA on flood data remapping
Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert and U.S. Representative, District 22, Nick Lampson, successfully lobbied the Federal Emergency Management Administration for a deadline extension on data that will,
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Quail Valley Fund gives $150,000
towards costs of QVCC cleanup
Since Missouri City took over the Quail Valley Country Club property on June 27 via eminent domain, weeds have been mowed down,
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Sugar Land finds no fiscal or ethical
problems at fire department
Union says city review
inadequate, not independent
Sugar Land has concluded it’s internal review of allegations made against its fire department administration and found that there was no fiscal
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Fort Bend ISD board’s top two officers must now have two years experience
Fort Bend ISD trustees at their July 14 meeting changed their operating procedures in an effort not to repeat the recent past.
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Sugar Land City Council opposes
mandatory flood insurance
In an effort to keep higher insurance costs off the backs of Sugar Land home and business owners and make the $45 million the county and levee
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K-6 program to start at 10 FBISD
elementary schools in August
When Fort Bend ISD announced it was going to make some elementary schools K-6, they caught flak from parents, students and some teachers but that was a year ago and today it’s ready to be rolled out.
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Stafford donates dollars to International Festival to be held October 4
After a lengthy meeting with the Stafford Planning & Zoning Commission last Wednesday, city council moved on to their regular agenda and
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Renaissance Golf files appeal
to city taking QVCC
Lawyers for Renaissance Golf Group filed an appeal to Missouri City’s eminent domain proceedings and the $3.1 million that special commissioners valued the property at.
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Sweet streets just got sweeter
Being stuck on the streets of ‘Sweet City’ got a whole new meaning last week.
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Tipping fees will be used for
study of senior facility in Fresno/Arcola area
Fort Bend County will be voting on an agenda item that will, if approved, provide $50,000 in funding to “kick off” what Precinct 1 Commissioner
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Voss Road completed and groundbreaking
on new Tax Assessor facility announced
Fort Bend County is moving forth with a number of bond election projects. Two weeks ago the county celebrated the opening of Voss Road
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane?...Nope, it’s a crime
A farmer with incredible aim and some dumb luck now faces charges of criminal mischief after he pinged a remote controlled airplane as it flew near his field.
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Lopez family off to Olympics
Sugar Land held an Olympic send-off for the Lopez family as they prepare for the Olympics in Beijing, China..
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Fort Bend County will save
almost $100,000 yearly on fuel
Fort Bend County officials are watching as higher fuel prices take significantly more funds out of various county budgets than anticipated during last year’s budget planning sessions.
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Missouri City sets QV temporary golf fees
Mayor Owen shares celebratory e-mails
At the July 7 Missouri City Council meeting Mayor Allen Owen said the city’s takeover of Quail Valley Country Club on June 27
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Cops working together make notable arrests
When law enforcement works as a team across jurisdictional lines, it’s a win/win for the taxpayer and a lose/lose for the crooks.
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City of Stafford adds more discussion meetings
to get best zoning, standards for island, 1092
A report on the progress being made by staff and consultants in drafting a proposed ordinance to revise design standards and zoning regulations for U.S. 90A and FM 1092 confirmed that it’s moving right along is too fast for some.
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Stafford Centre to host fest with
added October 4 event
end. Last year was the first and it was held at the Stafford Centre’s outdoor festival field.
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Donations wanted
Missouri City Mayor Allen Owen has sent out "help wanted" to residents asking them to donate any discards they may be storing for use in the Quail Valley Country Club.
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TRAVELING PANTS
A Rosenberg woman gives sisterhood and traveling pants a whole new dimension.
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Wilson gives county update on
Project Rawhide judicial software progress
County Clerk Dianne Wilson gave commissioners an updated report on the progress of Project Rawhide during last week’s court session.
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governmental entities that have
paid inspection fees
Fort Bend County Commissioners agreed to reimburse governmental agencies that have paid fire marshal review fees.
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preparations need to be made
Every year officials stress the importance of preparing for a hurricane that may or may not hit the Gulf Coast.
> FULL STORY SMSD engineering academy completes successful first year
Stafford Municipal School District (SMSD) has completed the first year of the first academy it has offered, and by all measures, it’s been a success, according to Rebecca Benedict, Stafford High School principal.
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Missouri City cleans up, reopens
Quail Valley to
18 holes for golf
The 18 holes on the Quail Valley Country Club’s LaQuinta golf course were operational again on July 4.
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New Sugar Land mayor promises
to meet and exceed expectations
After seven years as mayor, Sugar Land’s David Wallace bid his fond farewells before swearing in the city’s ninth mayor, Jimmy Thompson. In short, the July 2 city council meeting was a love fest.
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Missouri City water districts
in similar circumstances as Clear Lake
A legal action by the Clear Lake City Water Authority (CLCWA) versus Clear Lake Country Club, L.P., and Textron Financial Corp.
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Commissioners approve new Fort Bend Park & Ride for employees of Texas Medical Center
Fort Bend County commissioners approved an agreement with the Texas Medical Center that will provide relief for many Fort Bend residents who work in the Texas Medical Center.
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Commissioners approve hike in
mileage reimbursement for themselves
and county workers
Fort Bend County Commissioners approved an increase in the mileage reimbursement amounts allocated to themselves, supervisors and employees who can claim the reimbursement. The amount coincides with that granted by the Internal Revenue Service.
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Commissioners approve $1.3 million
for new voting machines
Fort Bend County Commissioners, with a 4-1 vote, approved spending $ 1.3 million to purchase 440 new Hart Intercivic eSlate voting machines in time for the November General Election.
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New city of Weston Lakes
to choose city administrators
The newly incorporated city of Weston Lakes is currently without leadership, but that will change in November when registered voters within the municipality choose their first governing body and a town marshal.
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Water rates to increase
Rosenberg residents and businesses will see an 8 % increase in their wastewater bills beginning in September. City council members approved the increase last week.
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Scatter’m like a covey of .....
The only thing cops like to do more than eat donuts and harass traffic is...... hunt.
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Renaissance has 21 days to appeal
Missouri City pays $3.1 mil
for Quail Valley Country Club
Missouri City has taken the first step in what can be a long process -- up to a year -- to acquire Quail Valley Country Club property.
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Fort Bend County Commissioners asked to
approve $1.5 million for extra voting machines
Fort Bend County Commissioners are expected to approve a request from the county’s election administrator for $1.5 million in “emergency” funding to purchase of additional electronic voting machines for the forthcoming elections.
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Upgrades planned for Fort
Bend County fairgrounds
Fort Bend County commissioners approved $250,000 to fund improvements to upgrade the Fort Bend County fairgrounds.
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Stafford pursues one voting location,
one ballot for 3 entities
At a June Stafford City Council meeting Councilman Cecil Willis laid a subject on the table “for public scrutiny and discussion and to get council’s thoughts on it.”
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City can’t rescind agreement
Closed door emergency
meeting produces Arcola letter
Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert said a meeting held last Friday behind closed doors resulted in a letter being drafted and sent to the city of Arcola in response to a request for the county to rescind an agreement on roadwork on McKeever Road.
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Child Advocates offers a free talk by former
foster child turned author
Child Advocates of Fort Bend County is hosting a free informational talk by renowned author Ashley Rhodes-Courter in Sugar Land this month.
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Auditor asking for increase in
county’s gas mileage rates
Fort Bend County Auditor Ed Sturdivant is asking county commissioners to increase the county’s gas mileage reimbursement to help in the face of rising gasoline costs.
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High Tea
A Rosenberg man has brought a whole new meaning to High Tea for the folks in Fort Bend County.
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County road commissioner says
McKeever Road won’t be moved
Fort Bend County Road Commissioner Marc Grant says emphatically the county has no intention of moving McKeever Road to the north as suggested by some members of the Arcola City Council and he says
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ACHIEVE Fort Bend County works
to decrease school dropouts
Members of ACHIEVE Fort Bend County, a group of movers and shakers who have been working on and off since 2006 on an action plan to reduce the number of school dropouts in Fort Bend school districts
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EZ Tag-only on Fort Bend
Parkway starting in July
County toll road will eliminate change booths
The Fort Bend Toll Road Authority has decided to close toll booths that accept change and convert all toll plazas into electronic EZ tag lanes, they announced last week.
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One for city, one for SMSD
Stafford to hire 2 lobbyists
for 2009 legislative session
During the past legislative session Stafford didn’t get much that it wanted. The good news that came out of Austin is not much beyond education finance reform was done so little harm ensued.
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Thompson next Sugar Land mayor;
besting Daniel Wong in runoff
James (Jimmy) Thompson will become the next mayor of Sugar Land. On Saturday, in a runoff election, the former Sugar Land councilman beat former At-Large City Councilman Daniel Wong. Thompson will take the oath of office on July 1.
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Salary flush just routine, says county
Last adjustment of three-year payout will bring
extra funds to some county employees
Three years ago Fort Bend County Commissioners, concerned about huge bulk payouts to retiring or resigning county employees, implemented a payout system to reduce the bulk payments for compensatory and deferred time on the books.
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