City council on Thursday also is set to consider the adoption of the ad valorem tax rate of .408 per $100 valuation, which is 3.565 cents lower than last year’s
A new population of homeless, which once was concentrated downtown, is expanding in encampments on the north side, East End, the West End and the beachfront, city officials said.
The Galveston police pension, which costs the city millions each year, for the first time in decades has a higher level of contributions than liabilities.