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22 • City Council BusinessCity of Waco (McLennan County)
2025-846 Consider a resolution: (1) amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 operating budget to increase expenditures from the unappropriated excess working capital in the WMARSS Fund by $4,035,000.00; (2) approving a purchase and sale agreement for the purchase of approximately 301.14 acres plus or minus based on the final sealed survey, consisting of two parcels containing 117.152 acres and 185.11 acres adjacent/proximate to the Central Wastewater Plant at 1147 Treatment Plant Road, at the purchase
Presented in: City of Waco: 11/18 Regular City Council Meeting on 2025-11-18
Official Roll-Call Vote
Expands Gov't • 8.7/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (6 - 0)
“2025-846 Consider a resolution: (1) amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 operating budget to increase expenditures from the unappropriated excess working capital in the WMARSS Fund by $4,035,000.00; (2) approving a purchase and sale agreement for the purchase of approximately 301.14 acres plus or minus based on the final sealed survey, consisting of two parcels containing 117.152 acres and 185.11 acres adjacent/proximate to the Central Wastewater Plant at 1147 Treatment Plant Road, at the purchase”
JH
Jim Holmes
Mayor (At-Large)
YES
AJ
Andrea J. Barefield
Councilmember, District 1 (District 1)
YES
IL
Isabel Lozano
Councilmember, District 2 (District 2)
YES
JC
Jed Cole
Councilmember, District 3 (District 3)
YES
DE
Darius Ewing
Councilmember, District 4 (District 4)
YES
GC
George Chase
Councilmember, District 5 (District 5)
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Waco City Council Item 22: 2025-846 Consider a resolution: (1) amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 operating budget to increase expenditures from the unappropriated excess working capital in the WMARSS Fund by $4,035,000.00; (2)
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 8.7/10). 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).