THE WOODLANDS, TX (March 10, 2011) – The Woodlands Fire Department and The Woodlands Township have received word that the U.S. Forest Service is conducting a prescribed/controlled burn on the north end of Lake Conroe in Walker County on approximately 1000 acres. The smoke that is currently being experienced here in The Woodlands is a [...]

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The Woodlands, TX (Montgomery County Monitor) – Just before 11:00 a.m. Friday morning, Woodlands Fire Department Hazardous Material units as well as a representative from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) responded to a report of what appeared to be a light petroleum based sheen along a section of [...]

The files below contain crime data and marketing material published by The Woodlands Township for February 2010 through July 2010.
Since the Township took control of the crime stats, they have managed to pack a couple more pages of fluff into the crime data.  If you are interested in just the data, skip the first page [...]

The file below contains the Order and Agreed Resolution between the Texas Ethics Commission and Woodlands Township board member Claude Hunter.
Hunter agreed to pay $100 in order to resolve issues with his campaign finance reports which were brought to light in a citizen’s complaint.
tec_reso_hunter.pdf

At the bottom of this post we provide two files related to monies payed to employees of The Woodlands Township.  One file contains the base salaries of all Township employees and the other contains additional compensation paid to all Township employees.  The additional compensation includes insurance, car allowances, retirement contributions, etc.  The additional compensation figures do not  include any [...]

Just after midnight two employees of the Cheesecake Factory left work at the restaurant on their bicycles.  After leaving, the victims Cezar Centano (22) and Jorge Estrada (38), were approached by two males on Woodloch Forest who were in a dark colored pick-up truck.
The suspects tried to take the victim’s bicycles but the victims resisted.  [...]

The file below contains the conflict of interest statements for The Woodlands Township.
The information was requested in January 2010.
coi_township_small.pdf (3MB)

Les Tarrance Sr., former Woodlands Township board member, pleaded guilty to “conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud” charges in a U.S. District Court on July 17, 2007.
Tarrance’s criminal judgment, dated February 18, 2009 imposed a 12 month probation period and ordered Tarrance to repay approximately $1.8 million in restitution to his victims.  Later, [...]

The file below is the Law Enforcement agreement between The Woodlands Township and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
The agreement spans January through December of 2010.
so_contract_twt_2010.pdf