Fulshear mayor outlines growth, infrastructure and fiscal priorities in State of the City

Mayor (name not stated) delivered Fulshear’s annual State of the City address at a special session on March 18, 2025, framing rapid population growth as both opportunity and challenge and announcing steps the city is taking on legislative advocacy, infrastructure and municipal services.

The mayor said Fulshear is “one of the fastest growing cities in Texas,” and told residents the city has hired a lobbyist and set legislative priorities to protect local control. He said the city has met with state lawmakers and staff, including Representative Gary Gates, Senator Joan Huffman’s office, and Representative Matt Morgan, to discuss local concerns and a TxDOT matter identified by project number “1463.”

The address outlined specific near-term public works and utility milestones. The mayor said water plant No. 1 will be fully operational by April, adding 1,000,000 gallons of storage and four booster pumps, and that the Pecan Knoll elevated storage tank is being filled and tested with an expected online date before summer. The ongoing digital water meter swap is described as “more than halfway complete”; the mayor said the program will move city meters to a…