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6 • ENGINEERINGMcLennan County Emergency Assistance District (Matagorda County)

Resolution Enforcing Competitive Sealed Bidding Caps & Rejecting Over-Budget Vendor Change Orders

Presented in: McLennan County Emergency Assistance District Board of Directors Regular Meeting on 2026-10-14
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 5.1/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (5 - 0)
“Motion to approve engineer's report: review of district facilities, maintenance contracts, and pay estimates”
DS
Dennis Stapleton
Director, Place 3
YES
RH
Ryan Holt
Director, Place 4
YES
JD
Jim Devlin
Director, Place 5
YES
FP
Frank Patterson
Director, Place 1
YES
MH
Miles Henderson
Director, Place 2
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Official public docket item 6 on 2026-10-14

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 5.1/10). 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.