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Votes at a glance: El Campo council approves tax roll, sets tax-rate ceiling and awards five-year audit contract
Summary
Council approved the 2025 certified property tax roll, took a record vote to set the tax-rate ceiling at the no-new-revenue rate (0.49144), passed a resolution awarding a five-year audit contract to Singleton Clark and Company PC, and approved the consent agenda. No individual roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
The El Campo City Council approved several routine and financial items during its meeting.
The council accepted the 2025 certified property tax roll as presented by staff and the Wharton County chief appraiser. Staff directed members to taxable values in the meeting materials; after brief questions about an under-review $66,000,000 in appraisals and the percent used in calculations, Speaker 6 moved to approve the tax roll and Speaker 4 seconded. Speaker 2 announced the motion passes.
On the record tax vote, the council set the ceiling for the 2025 proposed tax rate at the state'defined no-new-revenue rate of 0.49144. Staff (Speaker 5) told the council the action sets a ceiling only and that adoption of the final rate would occur later; Speaker 6 moved to set the ceiling and Speaker 7 seconded. Speaker 2 announced the motion passes.
Resolution R2025-42, awarding professional audit services to Singleton Clark and Company PC for five years and authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement, was presented by staff (Speaker 5). Speaker 7 moved to approve the resolution; the motion passed.
The council also approved the consent agenda earlier in the meeting after a motion by Speaker 6 and a second by Speaker 7.
The transcript records each item passing ("Motion passes") but does not include individual recorded yes/no names or a full roll-call tally for any vote.
