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6 • Action ItemsCity of Saginaw (Tarrant County)

Consideration and Action regarding Resolution No. 2020-17 directing the Finance Director to calculate the voter approval tax rate in the manner provided for a special taxing unit

Presented in: City of Saginaw City Council on 2020-07-21
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 9.2/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (7 - 0)
“Motion to approve Consideration and Action regarding Resolution No. 2020-17 directing the Finance Director to calculate the voter approval tax rate in the manner provided for a special taxing unit”
TF
Todd Flippo
Mayor (At-Large)
YES
PF
Paul Felegy
Councilmember, Place 1 (Place 1)
YES
NL
Nicky Lawson
Councilmember, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
VJ
Valerie Junkersfeld
Councilmember, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
BS
Brack St. Clair
Councilmember, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES
SM
Shawn Morrison
Councilmember, Place 5 (Place 5)
YES
MC
Mary Copeland
Councilmember, Place 6 (Place 6)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Consideration and Action regarding Resolution No. 2020-17 directing the Finance Director to calculate the voter approval tax rate in the manner provided for a special taxing unit (Presenter: Kim Quin, Finance Director)

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 9.2/10). 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).