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Councilman Flickinger previews District E budget priorities, permitting gains and local projects at Clear Lake town hall
Summary
Houston City Councilman Fred Flickinger told a Clear Lake town hall audience the city has kept its tax rate steady for a third consecutive year, cited permitting improvements and detailed district spending for safety, mowing and road repairs.
Fred Flickinger, Houston city council member for District E, opened the Oct. town hall at Space Center Houston by thanking the venue and outlining a series of local priorities including public safety investment, permitting improvements, and infrastructure spending.
Flickinger said the city will keep the same property tax rate for the third year in a row and that the city collected about $30,900,000 more in property tax revenue than the previous year — “almost 90% of that was generated from new construction,” he said — while stressing that assessed values, not the rate, drive individual bills. He credited an Ernst & Young efficiency study and a voluntary early-retirement program for helping to reduce city…
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