The court approved a $44.09 million mobility budget for the Office of the County Engineer (OCE) for FY27, funded by transferring money from each precinct's mobility allocation, with OCE notifying each precinct of its planned projects on October 1 each year.

What it means for you

Road and transportation project money that previously sat in individual precinct budgets will be pooled under the County Engineer's office, which will then decide which projects to carry out in each precinct.

Outcome

A motion was made by Commissioner Ramsey, seconded by Commissioner Garcia, to fully fund OCE’s FY27 Mobility budget at $44.09 million, and to direct OMB to execute budget transfers from the Precincts’ mobility allocations to OCE in such amount in order to make the funds available at the beginning of FY27 to be used for eligible projects under Section 284.0031, Transportation Code; and that Director Rahman will advise each Precinct what projects will be done there on October 1st of each year. The motion carried by the following vote: (5-0)

How each member voted

5–0, per the official record.