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The committee, an initiative of Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers, will consist of Meyers, a Republican, and Precinct 4 Commissioner Dexter McCoy, a Democrat.

"This grant solves an immediate environmental concern and infrastructure need, while also reducing the cost to Meadows Place taxpayers. I am very thankful to Commissioner Meyers for his work securing this funding for the project,” Jessup said.

“Fort Bend County has nearly 900,000 residents, and it remains primarily a bedroom community, with many of our residents having to commute to employment centers in Houston and Harris County to work,” Meyers said. “Fort Bend residents should be able to work closer to home.”

Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers is proactively proposing an approach to make Fort Bend County more competitive to attract industrial investments of $1 billion or more (i.e. megaprojects) to create new jobs, broaden the tax base and relieve some of the burdens on residential taxpayers.

Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers speaks to the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce last week.

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Riverstone neighborhood, community leaders introduced three new pumps that would nearly triple the area’s water-pumping capacity to around 230,000 gallons per minute.

Politics are at play in Fort Bend County, where a sitting commissioner will have to move from his longtime home if he wants to run for reelection.

Pct. 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers voted against the agreements citing his objection to the source of funds. He believed that the projects should be included in the upcoming mobility bond election for voter approval, instead of directly borrowing funds through certificates of obligation.

Precinct Three Commissioner Andy Meyers repeatedly mentioned the need to consider the county’s $500 million unfunded healthcare benefits for retired county employees that worked for the county for twenty years or longer.

Meyers acknowledged the merit of the homelessness issue, but emphasized that the debt obligation issue should be paramount among the court's priorities.

The Fort Bend County Office of Homeland Security, Emergency Management, conducted a full-scale training exercise today, Jan. 26, to prepare for potential emergency weather events. The day-long exercise focused on Levee Improvement Districts and Municipal Utility Districts.

Democratic Matagorda County Judge Nate McDonald, who has served on HGAC for 16 years, “implored” Commissioner’s Court to leave Meyers as the county’s HGAC representative.