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Fort Bend County approves tax relief, public-health grants and transit deal; creates employee behavioral health task force
Summary
The Fort Bend County Commissioners Court on May 13 approved property tax exemptions for 2025, authorized three public-health grants totaling $513,000, ratified a $1.29 million commuter bus agreement and formed an employee mental-health task force, among other actions.
Fort Bend County Commissioners Court on May 13 approved a package of measures the court said will support public health, transportation and county employees.
The court adopted property tax exemptions for the 2025 tax year that officials said expand relief for homeowners and provide additional exemptions for seniors age 65 and disabled persons. The action was recorded as adopted during the meeting recap.
In public-health funding actions, the court approved three grants described in the record as $105,000 for mosquito control research, $258,000 for immunization services and $150,000 to support HIV/STI prevention programs. The recap noted that all three grants require no county cash match.
The court also ratified a $1,290,000 agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council to provide commuter bus services to downtown Houston;…
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