By George Slaughter The Katy City Council Monday night updated its garbage collection policy to include yard waste pickup twice a month. Under the new policy, the city will pick up yard waste, which includes leaves, grass clippings, small trimmings, and so forth, on the twice-monthly heavy trash days. In a presentation to the council, Kayce Reina, the city’s director of tourism, marketing, and public relations, said that up to 15 bags of yard waste […]
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Engineering Firm Makes Flood Prevention Recommendations to City
By George Slaughter A city-hired engineering firm presented a series of recommendations for future flood prevention Monday night. The firm, Costello, Inc., a Houston-based engineering and surveying company, made its recommendations at the Katy City Council meeting. The recommendations for the city included: Continuing with planned short-term projects to improve local rainfall capacity within the city limits. Working with the Texas Department of Transportation and Union Pacific on possible expansion of the railroad and US […]