Mayor Bobby Warren – announcement This afternoon, the city council unanimously voted to authorize the purchase of 4.2 acres of land from Champions Forest Baptist Church – Jersey Village. This property includes six buildings totaling over 54,000 square feet plus a covered, lighted outdoor recreation pavilion, located directly across Jersey […]
Yearly Archives: 2025
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Residential Property Tax Concerns: This is not a summary of all of the comments made during the discussions in the meeting; however, there was a clear message regarding the desire to increase residential property taxes. Many of the JV Residents learned in the last few months how much “surplus funds” […]
The Taxable values in this chart are after all exemptions have been applied for the Taxing Jurisdiction so they represent the Taxable Value for that year assuming a 10% increase in Appraised Value by HCAD. Those values are calculated by multiplying Prior Year Value by 1.1 giving Current Year Value. […]
CITY OF JERSEY VILLAGE, TEXAS – PROPOSITION A Shall the City Council of the City of Jersey Village, Texas (the “City”) be authorized to issue bonds, in one or more series, in a principal amount not to exceed $10,100,000 maturing serially or otherwise over a period of years (not to […]
These remarks were posted as an effort to explain how things in today’s Jersey Village are much more complicated than in the early days of Jersey Village. “When the city was formed, and there had to be a group to manage the affairs of the city, so the city council […]
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., “downsizing” for layoffs and “servicing the target” for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such […]
“I have a dream!” This was the special meeting scheduled to present the Jersey Village City Hall Village Center Project to the residents. Presentation comments were made by the current mayor and two prior mayors, along with people involved with the developer of the proposed project. As a side note, […]
Potential Bond Election: “I’ve always had the perspective that if it’s inexpensive to borrow money, then it’s better to go that route as opposed to spending everything that you have within your savings because you never know when you may have an emergency.” – Jersey Village City Council Member Sheri […]
Special Session Meeting of the City Council of the City of Jersey Village to be held on Monday, September 12, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in the Civic Center Auditorium, 16327 Lakeview Drive, Jersey Village, Texas, for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. SPECIAL SESSION ITEM 1. Consider Resolution No. […]
Why was the JV City Council so against other options for replacing the city pool? It does seem strange that they were so quick to shut down any discussions regarding alternatives and only wanted to work with one company for a new pool. Would it be possible that someone had […]