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3 • INFRASTRUCTUREWharton County (Wharton County)

Ordinance Repealing Restrictive Minimum Lot-Size & By-Right Residential Building Mandates

Presented in: Wharton County Commissioners Court Regular Session on 2017-09-12
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Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 1.5/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (20 - 0)
“Motion to approve Ordinance Repealing Restrictive Minimum Lot-Size & By-Right Residential Building Mandates”
AW
Audrey W. Scearce
County Treasurer
YES
JC
Jared Cullar
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 (Precinct 1)
YES
GP
Glenn P. Russell
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 (Precinct 2)
YES
DW
Donna Wessels
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 (Precinct 3)
YES
TD
Tim Drapela
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 (Precinct 4)
YES
BC
Bill Copeland
Constable, Precinct 1 (Precinct 1)
YES
JS
John Szymanski
Constable, Precinct 2 (Precinct 2)
YES
BG
Blake George
Constable, Precinct 3 (Precinct 3)
YES
SF
Shawn Ferguson
Constable, Precinct 4 (Precinct 4)
YES
PS
Phillip S. Spenrath
County Judge
YES
W"
W.D. "Bud" Graves
Commissioner, Precinct 2 (Precinct 2)
YES
DM
Doug Mathews
Commissioner, Precinct 4 (Precinct 4)
YES
BS
Barbara Svatek
County Clerk
YES
KC
Kendra Charbula
District Clerk
YES
RZ
Richard Zahn
Commissioner, Precinct 1 (Precinct 1)
YES
SG
Steven Goetsch
Commissioner, Precinct 3 (Precinct 3)
YES
SS
Shannon Srubar
County Sheriff
YES
CH
Cindy Hernandez
County Tax Assessor-Collector
YES
GA
YES
MW
Mark W. Racer
District Attorney
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Formal regulatory, land-use, and capital procurement docket action considered by Wharton County on 2017-09-12.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 1.5/10). 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.