{"id":601894,"date":"2026-02-19T21:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/601894\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T21:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:21:16","slug":"manvel-updates-fee-schedule-removes-animal-registration-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/601894\/","title":{"rendered":"Manvel updates fee schedule, removes animal registration costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/pearland-friendswood-manvel\/government\/2026\/02\/18\/manvel-approves-updated-primrose-subdivision-master-plan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manvel City Council<\/a> approved an updated fee schedule at its Feb. 18 meeting, officially eliminating the $5 to $10 animal registration fees <a href=\"https:\/\/manveltx.portal.civicclerk.com\/event\/609\/files\/attachment\/6885\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously approved Feb. 2.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The details <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following approval, the updated fee schedule will not require animal registration, but other fees, including fire protection and utility charges, remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, enforcement-related charges, such as the $30 first-day animal impound fee and $5 for each additional day, remain in effect, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/manveltx.portal.civicclerk.com\/event\/623\/files\/attachment\/6933\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">city documents. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The alarm registration fees will be updated at the Sept. 28 meeting to align with fiscal year 2026-27, according to city documents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/pearland-friendswood-manvel\/election\/2026\/02\/16\/learn-who-filed-for-pearland-friendswood-manvel-city-council-may-elections\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Council members<\/a> Harry Oplinger and Crystal Sarmiento introduced the proposal at the Feb. 2 meeting, stating that it was intended to simplify the registration process for residents and align Manvel\u2019s practices with surrounding cities, as <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/pearland-friendswood-manvel\/government\/2026\/02\/04\/manvel-removes-alarm-pet-registration-fees\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously reported<\/a> by Community Impact.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manvel City Council approved an updated fee schedule at its Feb. 18 meeting, officially eliminating the $5 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":601895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[224424,28577,224427,224425,4345,224426,142484,224423,224429,358,224428,3187],"class_list":["post-601894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-city-hall-expansion","tag-community-impact","tag-crain-group","tag-heritage-park","tag-houston","tag-inclusive-playground","tag-manvel-city-council","tag-manvel-city-hall","tag-roadway-updates","tag-texas","tag-thoroughfare-plan","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116099395496131155","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}