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La Marque council approves TIRZ plan, zoning readings, easement and equipment purchases; several items deferred to Monday
Summary
In addition to the TIRZ and police-bond discussions, the council approved first readings and votes on multiple zoning and procurement items, confirmed board appointments, authorized an easement, approved a change order and purchased mobile command terminals; the police-bond order was reset for a Monday meeting.
La Marque city council on Aug. 11 considered a broad slate of routine and substantive items beyond the police-station debate, approving a tax-increment reinvestment zone plan, several zoning and procurement matters, and confirming board appointments while deferring or rescheduling other business.
Votes at a glance (key items passed or moved): - Ordinance O-2025-0014 (TIRZ No. 2 project plan and reinvestment financing): Approved (voice vote). See separate article. - Ordinance O-2025-0016 (zoning map amendment, ~0.756 acres, Fleming & Partridge): First reading/approved on the record (vote recorded as passage; one abstention later noted for a councilmember who was absent for much of the meeting). - Ordinance O-2025-0017 (zoning amendment, ~1.889 acres from C-1 to I-2): First reading/approved. - Resolution R-2025-0034 (assignment of private activity bond authority to Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to facilitate a single-family mortgage origination program): Approved. - Contract (special election ratification): Deferred to Monday, Aug. 18, to follow…
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