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11 • Agenda ItemCity of Mesquite (Dallas County)

MQOLC FY2025-2026 Mid Year Budget

Presented in: City of Mesquite City Council on 2026-03-16
Meeting Agenda PDFOfficial Minutes PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 2.5/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (6 - 0)
“Kim Buttram, Director of Economic Development, presented the Mesquite Quality of Life Corporation's mid-year amended budget. Mr. Hubacek moved to approve Resolution No. 06-2026, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE, TEXAS, APPROVING THE MESQUITE QUALITY OF LIFE CORPORATION’S MID-YEAR AMENDED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. Motion was seconded by Ms. Rodriguez-Ross and approved unanimously. (Resolution No. 06-2026 recorded in Resolution Book No. 74.)”
JC
Jeff Casper
Councilmember, Place 1 (Place 1)
YES
“Aye”
KG
Kenny Green
Councilmember, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
“Aye”
ER
Elizabeth Rodriguez-Ross
Councilmember, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
“Aye”
AH
Andrew Hubacek
Councilmember, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES
“Aye”
BS
B.W. Smith
Councilmember, Place 5 (Place 5)
YES
“Aye”
BM
Brandon Murden
Councilmember, Place 6 (Place 6)
YES
“Aye”

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Kim Buttram, Director of Economic Development, presented the Mesquite Quality of Life Corporation's mid-year amended budget. Mr. Hubacek moved to approve Resolution No. 06-2026, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE, TEXAS, APPROVING THE MESQUITE QUALITY OF LIFE CORPORATION’S MID-YEAR AMENDED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. Motion was seconded by Ms. Rodriguez-Ross and approved unanimously. (Resolution No. 06-2026 recorded in Resolution Book No. 74.)

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.5/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.