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Houston council members outline 2025 priorities: pensions, water infrastructure, resiliency and opioid funds
Summary
At the Super Neighborhood Alliance's January meeting, Council Members Twyla Carter and Sally Alcorn highlighted domestic violence awareness, resiliency hubs, pension funding improvements, a multimillion‑dollar water infrastructure legislative ask and opioid settlement spending.
City council members and staff used the Super Neighborhood Alliance meeting to preview several policy priorities the council will pursue in 2025, including domestic violence awareness, resiliency hubs, pension funding oversight, large water‑ and wastewater‑infrastructure funding requests and opioid‑settlement grant spending.
Council Member Twyla Carter said domestic violence awareness was a top focus in her first year on the council and that roughly 70% of 911 calls for family incidents involve some form of family violence. “I’m very focused on domestic violence awareness,” Carter said.
Council Member Sally Alcorn, chair of the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee,…
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