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Votes at a glance: Bellaire City Council actions, Oct. 6, 2025
Summary
Below are the formal actions the Bellaire City Council took Oct. 6, including donation acceptances, ordinances and a letter-of-intent approval for a fire engine purchase. All votes recorded as unanimous during the meeting.
The Bellaire City Council took the following formal actions during its Oct. 6 regular meeting. Where the meeting record specified votes or movers, those are listed; where the record did not name movers or seconds, the fields are listed as not specified.
1) Ordinance adopting the 2025 tax rate - Kind: ordinance (tax rate adoption) - Identifiers: tax year 2025 rate 0.4174 per $100 valuation - Motion/mover/second: moved by Councilmember Taylor; seconded by Councilmember Gordon (as recorded) - Vote record / tally: unanimous (6–0 in chamber; one member absent earlier) - Outcome: approved - Notes: public hearing conducted; no public speakers signed up. Staff (CFO Terrence Beaman) presented rate components and homeowner impact estimates.
2) Resolution accepting donation for Joe Gaither Park (Blakely memorial) - Kind: resolution (donation acceptance) - Identifiers: donation amount amended to $35,250 in council packet; staff reported more than $35,000 in community funds raised - Motion/mover/second: moved (mover not specified in record for the final vote) — council recorded unanimous approval - Vote…
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