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5 • CAPITAL_PROJECTCity of Talco (Titus County)
Resolution Enforcing Competitive Sealed Bidding Caps & Rejecting Over-Budget Vendor Change Orders
Presented in: City of Talco City Council Regular Meeting on 2024-09-10
Official Roll-Call Vote
Restrains Gov't • 4.7/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (3 - 0)
“Motion to approve Consider public works, street maintenance, utility infrastructure, and capital improvement task orders”
MS
Mike Sloan
Mayor
YES
CI
Craig Ingram
Councilmember, Place 1
YES
KS
Kenny Swinford
Councilmember, Place 2
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Roll-call action restraining local government cost, regulatory scope, or property-rights burden.
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.7/10). 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.