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2025-405 • OrdinancesCity of Mercedes (Hidalgo County)
Second and Final Reading of Ordinance 2025-18 amending Cross-Connection Control, Backflow Prevention, and Irrigation System Installation (TCEQ)
Presented in: City of Mercedes - August 05, 2025 on 2025-08-05
Official Roll-Call Vote
Expands Gov't • 6.7/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (2 - 0)
“Motion to approve: Second and Final Reading of Ordinance 2025-18 amending Cross-Connection Control, Backflow Prevention, and Irrigation System Installation (TCEQ)”
OD
Oscar D. Montoya Sr.
Mayor
YES
RG
Rolando Garcia
Councilmember, Place 1
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Second and Final Reading of Ordinance 2025-18 amending Cross-Connection Control, Backflow Prevention, and Irrigation System Installation (TCEQ)
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 6.7/10). 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).