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7.B • Action ItemsBRACKETT ISD (Kinney County)
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION (VATRE). Presenter: ELIZA DIAZ/WHITNEY MASSINGILL Attachments: ( 3 ) VATR Considerations 6/12/2026 at 11:24 AM Timeline for Budget-Tax Rate Adoption and VATRE in 2026 6/10/2026 at 4:49 PM CCG(LEGAL) 6/10/2026 at 1:46 PM
Presented in: BRACKETT ISD Board of Trustees Regular Meeting on 2026-06-15
Official Roll-Call Vote
Restrains Gov't • 9.0/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (7 - 0)
“Action on CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION (VATRE). Presenter: ELIZA DIAZ/WHITNEY MASSINGILL Attachments: ( 3 ) VATR Considerations 6/12/2026 at 11:24 AM Timeline”
CF
Claudia Falcon
Trustee, Place 5 (Place 5)
YES
GG
Guillermo Guzman
Trustee, Place 6 (Place 6)
YES
RS
Ricky Sandoval
Trustee, Place 7 (Place 7)
YES
GR
Guadalupe Rodriguez
Trustee, Place 1 (Place 1)
YES
TW
Tully Welch
Trustee, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
WM
Whitney Massingill
Trustee, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
MB
Matthew Benacci
Trustee, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
7.B. CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION (VATRE). Presenter: ELIZA DIAZ/WHITNEY MASSINGILL Attachments: ( 3 ) VATR Considerations 6/12/2026 at 11:24 AM Timeline for Budget-Tax Rate Adoption and VATRE in 2026 6/10/2026 at 4:49 PM CCG(LEGAL) 6/10/2026 at 1:46 PM
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 9.0/10). 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.