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County to remit deobligated FEMA funds for two Harvey‑era projects totaling $10,038.35
Summary
County staff told commissioners the state asked Waller County to repay deobligated FEMA public assistance funds for two Hurricane Harvey projects — $6,198.07 for the Pennock Bridal project and $3,840.28 for McAllister Culvert — and the court approved the payment.
County staff informed the court that the state notified Waller County it must remit funds after FEMA deobligation of two Harvey‑era infrastructure projects. Staff said the two specific amounts were $6,198.07 for the Pennock Bridal project and $3,840.28 for the McAllister Culvert; the total of those two amounts is $10,038.35. "The state notified us, early last month that, due to the deobligation, we need to remit payment back to the state for grant funds that we received but did not use," county staff (speaker 8) said in court.
Staff explained the county had obtained alternate funding for those projects (for example TxDOT assistance on one project) so the county is not losing the work; the state, however, still required remittance of the unused FEMA award. Commissioners discussed project completion briefly; one commissioner said the projects had been completed and noted TxDOT funding covered the work. The court approved item 36 to remit the funds as required by the state notice.
The motion carried with no recorded opposition. The county did not provide additional written detail in the hearing about which specific funding line would be used to remit the payment or the payment schedule.
