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Tomball council approves TEDC budget, $3M for Legacy Square and three development assistance resolutions
Summary
Council approved the Tomball Economic Development Corporation (TEDC) FY26 budget — including $3 million for Tomball Legacy Square and other project allocations — and passed three first-reading resolutions to provide infrastructure-assistance funding totaling about $455,315 for separate development projects.
The Tomball City Council approved the Tomball Economic Development Corporation (TEDC) fiscal year 2026 budget and first readings of three economic-assistance resolutions.
TEDC staff outlined major budget items, including a transition from QuickBooks to a new financial system, a proposed 3% cost-of-living adjustment, approximately $93,000 for insurance related to the Tomball Legacy Square project, a $500,000 city debt-service request toward the Southside Sewer Treatment Plant (for a stated total of $1,500,000), committed project grants of roughly $5,000,000, new project grants of about $1,000,000, and line-item allocations including $1,000,000 for property acquisition, $700,000 carryover for Old Town alley/lighting/landscaping, $500,000 for South Live Oak, $3,000,000 for Tomball Legacy Square (the former First Baptist Church site), and $250,000 for the summer youth employment program. A council member thanked staff for prior workshops and said merit raises should be discussed in the next year’s process. The TEDC budget was approved by council (vote recorded as 5–0).
During the new-business period, the council also considered three resolutions on first reading to assist private development infrastructure costs: Resolution 2025-42 (TDC) for an assistance agreement with Una Holdings LLC (described in the meeting as "Tomball Pond and Jewelry") for a retail center at 28159 Highway 249, not to exceed $174,061; Resolution 2025-43 for assistance to Everwood Reserve Properties for infrastructure costs tied to an assisted-living facility at 13011 Medical Complex Drive, not to exceed $54,102; and Resolution 2025-44 for assistance to Republic Business Park LP for an office/warehouse park at 920 South Persimmon Street, not to exceed $227,152. Each resolution was approved on first reading by a unanimous vote (each recorded as 5–0).
The budget vote and the resolutions are procedural council approvals authorizing staff to proceed under the TEDC/TDC processes; the records do not show further conditions or detailed contractual terms in the public portion of the meeting.
