Tomball City Council took a moment during last night's meeting to remember Harris County Precinct 3 Deputy Clint Greenwood, who was shot and killed yesterday morning at a courthouse in Baytown.
Assistant City Manager Rob Hauck, a friend of Greenwood, spoke before council began reviewing agenda items to offer condolences to the officer's family, who lives in the Tomball area.
“It’s terrible whenever we lose a law enforcement officer, but it’s especially terrible for this community, our city and our department," Hauck said. "Because this is someone who was a friend of ours, a friend of mine, a friend to this city and a friend to this police department and our community, and someone whose wife and children still live here."
Greenwood had been in law enforcement in the area for more than 30 years and had worked with the Tomball Police Department on a number of cases over the years, including when Hauck served as the police chief.
“I first met him when I came here as the police chief…and we developed a professional relationship right from the get-go because he was such a great guy. He cared about the community, he cared about the officers—he really was just an incredible stand-up guy,” he said. “I would ask that everybody keep especially Clint’s wife and his children in your prayers. They are a part of this community and need our prayers right now.”
Here are three other agenda items of note from last night’s meeting:
- Tomball Fire Department employees Josh Brookshire, Joe Sykoya, Scott Mullins, Jason Hermann, David Hill, Curtis Gamon and Mariah Jaquez were recognized for recent promotions within the department during a pinning ceremony.
- Tomball City Council adopted on first reading an ordinance to annex 65 acres of land near the intersection of Hwy. 249 and the Grand Parkway, the future site of the Grand Parkway Town Center being developed by NewQuest Properties. The city is expected to finalize the annexation following a second reading on April 17.
- Tomball City Council members discussed renewing an agreement to waive impact fees—city charges to pay for the costs of providing services to a new or changing business—on FM 2920 from Business 249 to Willow Street. Council had previously decided to waive impact fees in 2013 to encourage new businesses to develop along Main Street in Old Town Tomball. During the meeting, Council Member Chad Degges asked city staff to research how much it would cost the city to waive fees in a larger area around Old Town to give more businesses a chance to have fees waived when moving to the area. A new ordinance is expected to be presented to council at its April 17 meeting.