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2025-459 • OrdinancesCity of Galveston (Galveston County)

Consider an ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, amending the total operating budget for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, by adjusting various budget accounts in the amount of three million five hundred twenty-eight thousand three dollars ($3,

Presented in: City of Galveston City Council - April 24, 2025 on 2025-04-24
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 9.1/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (2 - 0)
“Motion to approve Item 2025-459: Consider an ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, amending the total operating budget for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, by adjusting various budget accounts in the amount of three millio”
JP
John Paul Listowski
Mayor (At-Large)
YES
JM
Jason M. Hardcastle
Councilmember, District 6 (District 6)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Consider an ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, amending the total operating budget for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, by adjusting various budget accounts in the amount of three million five hundred twenty-eight thousand three dollars ($3,

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 9.1/10). 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).