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2025-0053-O • Public HearingsCity of Temple (Bell County)

FIRST READING – PUBLIC HEARING - FY-25-7-AB: Consider adopting an ordinance authorizing the release of a 0.14 +/- acre right-of-way being the entirety of a 20-foot-wide alley located between Block 45 of the J.W

Presented in: City Council Regular Meeting - November 06, 2025 on 2025-11-06
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 7.0/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (8 - 0)
“Motion to approve FIRST READING – PUBLIC HEARING - FY-25-7-AB: Consider adopting an ordinance authorizing the release of a 0.14 +/- acre right-of-way being the entirety of a 20-foot-wide alley located between Block 45 of the J.W”
TD
Tim Davis
Mayor (At-Large)
YES
JW
Jessica Walker
Mayor Pro Tem (District 1)
YES
ZG
Zoe Grant
Councilmember (District 2)
YES
KK
Karl Kuykendall
Councilmember (District 3)
YES
MP
Mike Pilkington
Councilmember (District 4)
YES
ME
Mike Emmons
Councilmember, District 3 (District 3)
YES
MP
Michael Pilkington
Councilmember, District 4 (District 4)
YES
DZ
Dr. Zoe Grant
Councilmember, District 2 (District 2)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

FIRST READING – PUBLIC HEARING - FY-25-7-AB: Consider adopting an ordinance authorizing the release of a 0.14 +/- acre right-of-way being the entirety of a 20-foot-wide alley located between Block 45 of the J.W. Roach Addition to the City of Temple, being an unrecorded plat, and Block A, Crawford’s Addition, according to the map and plat recorded in volume 105, page 35, Deed Records of Bell County, Texas. Resolutions 7.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.0/10). 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).