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Director Elections
July 14, 2010

The District held a Directors Election on May 8, 2010. By law, the District is only required to hold a Directors Election if the number of persons running is greater than the number of open positions. For the May election, three persons filed to run for the two open positions. Following early and election day voting, the tally of all votes cast was:
  • Phillip Smith, Jr. 15
  • Mary Workman 17
  • Tom Behrens 1
Due to Federal and State election laws, elections are very expensive for the District to run. The May 2010 Directors Election cost $15,997.53. This amount must be paid by the District, through District taxes and water and sewer revenues.

Directors Elections are held every even numbered year, with two or three positions up for election each time. If elected, directors serve four-year terms.

Congratulations to Phillip Smith, Jr. and Mary Workman, both of whom were incumbents.

Trash Collection Provider Change
May 07, 2010

On June 1, 2010, BEST TRASH will be your new trash collection provider.
Contact Information: Best Trash, 17820 Madden Rd, Richmond, TX 77407 Ph: (281) 313-(BEST) or 281 313-2378.

*In order to better serve you NEW TRASH days are TUESDAY-FRIDAY *
Please have trash out by 7:00 am each pick up day.
Trash must be either in containers or bags not exceeding 40 gallons or weighing over 40 pounds.

On each regularly scheduled collection TUESDAY & FRIDAY, Best Trash will collect residential refuse located at the curbside. Refuse must be in containers or bags not exceeding 40 gallons or weighing over 40 pounds.

Items excluded from normal collection are dirt, rocks, bricks, concrete, tires, batteries, motor oil, cooking oil, waste generated by a private contractor or any materials or items deemed hazardous materials. Please do not dispose of gasoline, motor oil, paints, cooking oil, or any other liquid items in a container that is not visible to Contractor personnel. If it results in spillage, that causes a stain, Best Trash is not responsible for the clean up. Best Trash will leave a tag explaining the reason for non-collected item(s).

Trees, shrubs, brush trimmings and fencing must be bundled in lengths no greater than 4 feet with no branch diameter exceeding 3 inches. The bundling is required to allow quick pickup and size limitations are required to avoid damaging the equipment in the crushing process.

Items such as appliances, furniture, carpet (up to 1 room, cut and rolled up in bundles four feet wide and less than 40 pounds), cardboard boxes (flattened), will be picked up either of your collection days. By Federal Law, refrigerators and freezers or any other items containing Freon must be drained of Freon and have an accompanying bill to validate such service was performed.

An enhanced feature of BEST TRASH is special pick up for items excluded by the contract. If notified in advance, Best Trash will meet with you prior to a collection day to determine a price to haul away non-contract items. If you do not notify Best Trash of such a special pick-up before your scheduled pick up day, Best Trash will leave a notice for you to contact Best Trash during normal office hours to arrange for a price and time for the extra pick up.

Holidays: If your regular pick-up falls on a holiday (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th – Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day), the pick-up will be made on the next regular scheduled pick-up day.

Click here to download a copy of this information.


Dangerous Dogs
February 28, 2010

Dogs that meet the following criteria may be declared dangerous:
  • A dog that makes an unprovoked attach on a person that occurred in a place other than an enclosure in which the dog was being kept, or
  • A dog that commits an unprovoked act in a place other than an enclosure in which the dog was being kept and that act would cause a person to reasonably believe that the dog will attack and cause bodily injury.
A person may report an incident which indicates a dog is dangerous as defined above. Requests for a dangerous dog declaration are filed at the local Justice of the Peace court by the individual. The court will notify the owner and Veterinary Public Health. Declaring a dog dangerous in Harris County is done by a duly elected Justice of the Peace.

The Process of Declaring a Dog Dangerous:
  • Step 1 - Person goes to their Justice of the Peace court and fills out the paperwork to begin the process. The paperwork will ask for the persons information, description of the dog, dog's owner (name and address), and a description of the incident that led that person to believe the dog is dangerous.
  • Step 2 - Justice of the Peace court gives owner notice of the complaint. The owner has 5 days to deliver the animal to HCPHES Veterinary Public Health were it will be held until the legal process is completed.
  • Step 3 - Justice of the Peace court sets a hearing not later than the 10th day after the dog is delivers to Veterinary Public Health. Owner and complainant are notified.
  • Step 4 - Hearing is held and Judge determines if dog is dangerous according to definition.
  • Step 5 - If the declaration of dangerous is made, the owner has 30 days to comply with the requirements for keeping a dangerous dog, which includes liability insurance and a secure enclosure inspected by Veterinary Public Health.
If the dog is not declared dangerous it is released back to the owner.

Harris County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5, Place 2
Judge Bill Yeoman
16715 Clay Road, #4
Houston, Texas 77084
(281) 463-2341


Rate Increase
January 1, 2010

The West Harris County Regional Water Authority new fees will be effective January 1, 2010. The new pumpage fee is $1.25 per 1,000 pumped gallons of water and the surface water fee is $1.55 per 1,000 gallons of purchased water. This charge is reflected on your water bill as line item WHCRWA. For more information about the West Harris County Regional Water Authority, please see their website at www.WHCRWA.com.


911 Service Provider Change
January 1, 2010

Effective one minute after midnight on December 31, 2009, West I-10 Fire Department will be the new 911 EMS Provider. Please see the below document for more details:

Letter from West Harris County EMS - PDF


Regional Water Corporation

Contact Regional Water Corp at 281-897-9100 to report any water quality problems, water leaks, sewage problems or if you have a question about your water bill. Office Hours are 8am-4pm Monday thru Friday. Emergency personnel are available 24hrs/day for emergency water and sewer service.

REGIONAL WATER CORPORATION
19500 SH249 SUITE 210
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77070
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