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2025-576 • OrdinancesCity of Balch Springs (Dallas County)
Consideration and action regarding approval of an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of up to $14,000,000 of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2025 to fund City Center Projects; levying an annual ad valorem tax and pr
Presented in: City of Balch Springs City Council - August 11, 2025 on 2025-08-11
Official Roll-Call Vote
Expands Gov't • 9.3/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (1 - 0)
“Motion to approve: Consideration and action regarding approval of an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of up to $14,000,000 of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2025 to fund City C”
RT
Rodney Taylor
Mayor
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Consideration and action regarding approval of an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of up to $14,000,000 of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2025 to fund City Center Projects; levying an annual ad valorem tax and pr
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 9.3/10). 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).