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2025-182 • OrdinancesCity of Alvarado (Johnson County)
Consideration and action to approve Ordinance No. 2025-0009 providing for a residential homestead ad valorem (property tax) exemption from City ad valorem taxation. (Cox)
Presented in: City of Alvarado City Council - May 19, 2025 on 2025-05-19
Official Roll-Call Vote
Expands Gov't • 8.7/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (1 - 0)
“Motion to approve: Consideration and action to approve Ordinance No. 2025-0009 providing for a residential homestead ad valorem (property tax) exemption from City ad valorem taxation. (Cox)”
JW
Jacob Wheat
Mayor
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Consideration and action to approve Ordinance No. 2025-0009 providing for a residential homestead ad valorem (property tax) exemption from City ad valorem taxation. (Cox)
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).