Sugar Land residents could see a slight property tax rate increase during the next fiscal year to help complete bond projects approved last year.

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Sugar Land proposes $519.8 million budget for FY 2026

The budget includes a tax rate increase of $0.01 per $100 of property valuation and council members are scheduled to vote on the final budget on Sept. 16.

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Sugar Land mayoral election, two city council races headed to runoffs

Current city council members William Ferguson and Carol McCutcheon appear headed to a June 7 runoff for the mayoral seat being vacated by the term-limited Joe Zimmerman.

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The city of Sugar Land could revise its ethics code to include an anti-retaliation clause and an appeals process for sanctions, among other changes.

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City of Sugar Land considers ethics code updates

The revisions would include an anti-retaliation clause and a process for appealing sanctions.

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Capt. Todd Zettlemoyer oversees the Sugar Land Police Department’s Special Operations Division. Now he’ll be taking over another, very different department: the city’s animal services.

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Sugar Land appoints police captain as interim manager of city’s animal services department

The city southwest of Houston is in the early stages of developing a new animal shelter, after voters approved an additional $12 million for the project in November. In addition to leading the search for a permanent animal services manager, Capt. Todd Zettlemoyer has been tasked with helping to plan the new shelter’s next steps.

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Sugar Land launches microtransit pilot program

The program will offer low-cost, on-demand rides in minivans to locations around the city, which is southwest of Houston in Fort Bend County.

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Houston expects first pass of Beryl debris pickup to be complete by early to mid-August

The City of Houston has collected more than a million cubic yards of vegetative debris from Hurricane Beryl. The director of the city's Solid Waste Management Department and the executive director of the City of Sugar Land provide updates on the timetable for debris pickup in the region.

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