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2024-543 • OrdinancesCity of Friendswood (Galveston County)
Consider an ordinance for first and final reading adopting and levying the ad valorem tax rate for maintenance and operation expenditures for the City of Friendswood's fiscal year commencing October 1, 2024, and ending September 30, 2025, and adopting and
Presented in: City of Friendswood City Council - September 09, 2024 on 2024-09-09
Official Roll-Call Vote
Expands Gov't • 9.2/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (1 - 0)
“Motion to approve: Consider an ordinance for first and final reading adopting and levying the ad valorem tax rate for maintenance and operation expenditures for the City of Friendswood's fiscal year commencing October 1”
MF
Mike Foreman
Mayor (At-Large)
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Consider an ordinance for first and final reading adopting and levying the ad valorem tax rate for maintenance and operation expenditures for the City of Friendswood's fiscal year commencing October 1, 2024, and ending September 30, 2025, and adopting and
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 9.2/10). 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).