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Council approves consent items including property tax refunds and discretionary expenditures; public criticizes Austin travel funding
Summary
City council approved the consent agenda and later approved three pulled items relating to property tax refunds and discretionary expenditures; a public commenter criticized a resolution funding council members' participation in an Austin event.
The El Paso City Council approved its consent agenda Jan. 22, including multiple routine purchases, contracts and resolutions. The motion to approve the consent agenda passed unanimously after the council revised a typographical error and handled requests to pull three items for discussion.
Representative Veil Limon requested items 21, 22 and 23 be pulled for discussion. Those items involve property tax refunds in excess of statutory limits and a…
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