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Mayor highlights boarded municipal courts, says city exploring a new municipal court building
Summary
The mayor said municipal courts have been out of full operation since Hurricane Harvey and that the city is looking at building a new municipal court facility to restore operations.
The mayor criticized the prolonged closure of municipal court facilities and said the city is exploring building a new municipal court building to restore court operations.
"Can't imagine I can't imagine why y'all don't go over there and show the municipal courts that have been boarded up since Harvey," the mayor said, adding that the fourth-largest city should not have courts out of service for years. He said Chief Administrator Santos is working closely with HPD administration on the issue.
The mayor said work is under way to examine municipal court operations and facilities and that restarting court operations is a priority, but he did not announce a specific project approval, budget amount or timeline during the remarks.
No formal motions or council votes about court infrastructure were recorded in the mayor's comments in this transcript.
