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Court orders report on 2018 flood-bond projects and neighborhood drainage after precinct disputes
Summary
After commissioners debated bond spending and cuts to subdivision drainage projects, the court directed Flood Control and county budget teams to deliver a comprehensive status and prioritization report by May 22 and recommended quarterly updates.
Commissioners on Feb. 27 directed the Harris County Flood Control District and related county teams to prepare a comprehensive report on the status of every project and subproject in the 2018 flood bond program and to return to Commissioners Court on May 22 with prioritization scores, financial analysis and recommendations.
Commissioner Rodney Ellis introduced the motion after describing the county—s 2018 pledge to "equitable expenditures of funds" and arguing the county must show how it is following the bond—s prioritization framework. Ellis told the court the framework was "not an aspirational framework. It was a real framework,"…
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