Harris County commissioners have more than 300 items on the agenda for the April 10 court meeting.

Items worth mentioning

Items up for potential discussion include a request for a May 8 hearing date to consider and adopt boundary revisions to 18 different election precincts in the county. The boundary revisions, the agenda states, are to ensure the county is compliant with the Texas Election Code, which requires a voting precinct to have 100-5,000 registered voters, according to the state election code’s language.

Voting precincts up for revision include areas such as:

  • Atascocita
  • Cypress
  • Tomball
  • Hockley
  • River Oaks
  • Humble
  • Katy

What else?

Another agenda item could ensure equal pay for the remainder of the year regarding personnel in the county’s constable and sheriff’s offices. The item, requested by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, particularly targets pay for those who perform investigative-level work.



Officials from the county administration office are looking to increase the designated American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA budget by $200 million for a total of $315 million, to support various projects the county initiated back in 2021 when the federal funding was awarded to the county. Harris County commissioners had until the end of 2024 to fully obligate the remainder of its $915 million in federal funding, as previously reported by Community Impact.

In 2021, the U.S. Treasury allocated $915 million in Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under ARPA to Harris County. Since then, funding has been distributed among five categories:

  • Jobs and education: $207 million
  • Health: $161 million
  • Housing: $120 million
  • Justice and safety: $120 million
  • County operations: $35 million

Also on the agenda

The Harris County Climate Justice Plan is also up for discussion April 10. Harris County’s first-ever climate justice plan was initiated during a January 2023 court meeting where the county set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030. The plan also centered on community environmental equity.

Several community meetings across the county were held last fall to gauge resident feedback and share ongoing initiatives.