Comments from public and media: No comments.
Official Roll-Call Vote
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Comments from public and media: No comments. Consider and/or adopt a Tax Rate for 2020. General Manager Ty Edwards went over the resolution and tax rate. Janet Groth made a motion that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of $0.0247, which is effectively a 3.78 percent increase in the tax rate and also to sign the supporting resolution. Vanessa Cardwell seconded the motion. Motion passed. Vote: 9 FOR. -0- Oppose 2 Absent. Adjourned Special-Called meeting at 6:37 pm. Date Approved 77- /AS- 2030 NN Minutes of Public Hearing and Special Meeting to Adopt 2020 Tax Rate Page 2 of 2
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 1.5/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).