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2026-96 • OrdinancesCity of McLendon-Chisholm (Kaufman County)

Discuss and consider an ordinance amending the current 2025-2026 fiscal year budget; transferring solid waste revenues and expenditures from the General Fund to the Utility Fund, and preparing to transition utility billing operations in-house.

Presented in: City of McLendon-Chisholm - April 14, 2026 on 2026-04-14
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 6.9/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (6 - 0)
“Motion to approve: Discuss and consider an ordinance amending the current 2025-2026 fiscal year budget; transferring solid waste revenues and expenditures from the General Fund to the Utility Fund, and preparing to tran”
JB
YES
DG
Donald Goodwin
Councilmember, Place 1
YES
DL
Dennis London
Councilmember, Place 2
YES
AT
Arik Towry
Councilmember, Place 3
YES
MH
Mike Hermansen
Councilmember, Place 4
YES
JP
John Powers
Councilmember, Place 5
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Discuss and consider an ordinance amending the current 2025-2026 fiscal year budget; transferring solid waste revenues and expenditures from the General Fund to the Utility Fund, and preparing to transition utility billing operations in-house.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 6.9/10). 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).