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53 • GeneralCity of Mansfield (Tarrant County)

Ordinance - An Ordinance of the City of Mansfield, Texas, Approving the Tax Rate, Levying the Ad Valorem Taxes for the Fiscal Year 2025 (Tax Year 2024) at a Rate of $0.645000 per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) Assessed Valuation on all Taxable Property Within the Corporate Limits of the City as of January 1, 2024, to Provide Revenues for the Payment of Current Expenditures and to Provide an Interes

Presented in: City of Mansfield City Council on 2024-09-09
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 8.8/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (4 - 0)
“Approved on First and Final Reading”
ME
Michael Evans
Mayor (Place 1)
YES
TB
Tamera Bounds
Councilmember, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
BN
Brent Newsom
Councilmember, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
JF
Juan Fresquez
Councilmember, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES
TT
Todd Tonore
Councilmember, Place 6 (Place 6)
ABSENT

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Ordinance - An Ordinance of the City of Mansfield, Texas, Approving the Tax Rate, Levying the Ad Valorem Taxes for the Fiscal Year 2025 (Tax Year 2024) at a Rate of $0.645000 per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) Assessed Valuation on all Taxable Property Within the Corporate Limits of the City as of January 1, 2024, to Provide Revenues for the Payment of Current Expenditures and to Provide an Interest and Sinking Fund on all Outstanding Debts of the City, and Providing for Due and Delinquent Dates Together with Penalties and Interest

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 8.8/10). 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.