Prosper council calls $192.3 million bond election for Nov. 4, 2025

Prosper’s Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt an ordinance calling a bond election for Nov. 4, 2025, approving a bond package the council described as the bond committee’s recommendation with a written modification to one proposition.

Town staff presented the bond options at Monday’s meeting and asked council to select which option to send to voters. Bob Scott, who led the staff presentation, told the council state law requires the ballot language to declare, in capital letters, that “THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.” Scott also told the council the town intends to issue new debt only as the debt-service rate allows and that any future tax changes tied to property values would be determined by the appraisal district, not by the town.

Mayor Pro Tem Amy Bartley and several council members said they supported the bond committee’s work. Bartley recommended option 4 (which included option 2) with a specific change to Proposition F’s language so the $2.3 million identified there could be used more flexibly for downtown-related repairs rather than a single silo repair. Bartley also noted the bond committee included town residents and had reviewed previous bond spending and project priorities.

After a motion to call the bond election for Nov. 4 with the modifications distributed at the meeting (described in the record as an ordinance for option 2 with the distributed edits to Proposition F), the council voted 7–0 in favor. Council members characterized the vote as the start of a voter-led decision; several members emphasized the ordinance was the beginning of the process, not its end.

What the council approved: the motion as recorded at the meeting called a bond election and set the bond program totals at $192,300,000 as described in the ordinance language distributed at the meeting; the council directed staff to proceed with election administration steps for the Nov. 4, 2025 election.

Why it matters: Council members and staff said the bond package funds infrastructure and capital needs identified by the citizen bond committee and staff—items including improvements to library facilities, roadway repairs and other municipal projects. By placing the measure before voters, the council transfers the final decision to the electorate.

The council did not set a tax rate change at Tuesday’s meeting; staff noted that state and appraisal-district processes govern when property owners will see tax changes tied to new bonds. The town will continue outreach and committee briefings in advance of the ballot.

Speakers at the discussion included Bob Scott (staff presentation), Mayor Pro Tem Amy Bartley and several council members. The bond committee chairman Kevin Green was referenced by council members as having led citizen review and prioritization.