PRESENTATION, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-05; AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2026, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2027, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 102, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE; AND APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THEREOF. (Ordinance adopting the budget)

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A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUNKER, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM WOLOSIN, TO APPROVE ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-05; AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2026, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2027, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 102, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE; AND APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THEREOF. (Ordinance adopting the budget). MAYOR RITCHIE CALLED FOR A RECORDED VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

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).