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Council approves joint election agreement; votes to call MDD election for ETJ sales tax on May 3

2947131 · February 11, 2025
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Summary

Council approved a joint election agreement with the school district to share polling costs and voted to call a May 3, 2025 election on creating a municipal development district (MDD) and imposing a 0.5% sales tax in the city's ETJ.

City staff described two linked election items to the council and the council approved both on Feb. 11.

A city staff member told the council the Jacksonville Independent School District may hold an election and the city proposed a joint-election agreement splitting polling costs and equipment so the municipal development district (MDD) election could be held at the Jacksonville Public Library if the school district also schedules voting. The agreement passed on a motion by Councilwoman Leticia Horace,…

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