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Joshua Council casts all 56 appraisal-district votes for John Woods
Summary
Council unanimously approved a resolution to cast the city's 56 Johnson County Central Appraisal District votes for candidate John Woods after public comments raising appraisal concerns; council also received handouts and offered to accept the materials for review.
The Joshua City Council voted to cast all 56 of the city’s votes in the Johnson County Central Appraisal District (CAD) board election for John Woods.
Council packet materials listed five candidates; staff said the city can cast all votes for one candidate or split them. Public forum speakers had urged attention to appraisal practices and identified examples of properties that have not changed appraised values since 2014. Greg Cooper, a speaker identified himself in the transcript as involved with presentations to educate the public about the CAD and said the current CAD board had approved an independent-audit procurement process.
A council motion to give all 56 votes to John Woods was made and seconded; council approved the resolution by voice vote. Staff said the packet and handouts provided by speakers are available for council review online and that the handout included property listings derived from the Johnson County Central Appraisal District website.
The council did not discuss detailed vote tallies because the action was a single-resolution authorization to cast the city’s block of 56 votes for one candidate.
