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Council approves zoning change for high school band area, raises homestead exemption to 20% and adopts budget amendments; several other appointments confirmed
Summary
At its meeting the Flower Mound Town Council approved an amendment to parking-tree requirements at Flower Mound High School, raised the homestead exemption to 20% for next year, approved a midyear budget amendment, confirmed a Denco 9-1-1 board appointment, and appointed a new town secretary. All votes reported were unanimous.
The Flower Mound Town Council approved multiple items during its regular meeting, including a zoning amendment for Flower Mound High School's northwest parking lot, an increase in the city's homestead tax exemption to 20% for next year, a set of one-time budget amendments, the town's vote for a Denco 9-1-1 board member, and the appointment of a new town secretary. All items passed by unanimous vote.
Council passed the following actions:
- The council approved a Planned Development (PD 34) amendment to modify the requirement that each high school parking space be within 100 feet of a tree for five specific parking-island locations in the northwest lot used during marching band practice. The applicant's representative, Hannah Haber of McAdams, said the change would remove five landscape islands that the marching band has tripped over and that two of the existing trees would be relocated and three replaced in buffers. Council voted unanimously to approve the amendment.
- The council approved an ordinance increasing the homestead exemption from its adopted level to 20% for the next tax year. The motion to increase the homestead exemption passed by unanimous vote after a brief closed-session discussion. Staff told council members that increasing the homestead exemption to 20% would provide greater direct relief to homesteaded residential taxpayers while shifting more of the tax burden to non-homesteaded accounts (including certain businesses); staff estimated average immediate savings for a typical example household at roughly several dozen dollars per year depending on market value.
- The council approved a midyear budget amendment that uses higher-than-projected sales tax and interest income to fund a set of largely one-time departmental purchases and expenditures, totaling roughly $1.1 million. Town staff said the sales tax forecast is modestly above last year's budgeted levels and that interest income has risen with market rates; the amendment was passed unanimously.
- The council cast its vote in favor of Steve Southwell to serve on the Denco Area 9-1-1 District Board of Managers; the motion passed unanimously.
- The council appointed Tracy Henderson as town secretary effective July 7, 2025, with terms and conditions discussed in closed session; the appointment passed unanimously.
Votes and roll calls were recorded on the record during the meeting minutes and the recorded roll-call ayes for the specific motions were unanimous on each listed item. No item on the record failed or was tabled.
