Tomball Police Chief Jeff Bert and Assistant City Manager Jessica Rogers updated City Council on the city’s strategic plan for fiscal years 2020-21 through 2021-22 during a council meeting Jan. 17. The strategic plan lays out 79 action items across four broad initiatives, which include being a livable city, a connected city, an effective city and a strong city, Bert said.
Bert said 87% of the action items have been completed or are ongoing, while the remaining projects have not yet begun.
“Tomball is a city that thrives amidst a pandemic, through the single costliest disaster in Texas history and in spite of an uncertain world economy. I think we thrive because collectively we strive for painstaking excellence,” said Bert, in reference to a Martin Luther King Jr. quote to honor MLK Day.
Bert, who served as assistant city manager from April 2021 until Rogers took over in mid-October, highlighted projects from each category in the plan. He said the alleyway project, which will improve alleys and pedestrian mobility in Old Town Tomball, is 95% complete with design, and construction of drainage on Persimmon Street and the city’s mural are both complete.
