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Committee approves sending Rocky Branch volunteer fire district election request to quorum court
Summary
The Committee approved an ordinance request to schedule a March 3, 2026 special election allowing the Rocky Branch Volunteer Fire Department to ask voters to increase dues; procedural questions about reading deadlines and parcel definitions were discussed before the motion passed.
A sponsor moved the committee to approve an ordinance request to call a special election on March 3, 2026 so the Rocky Branch Volunteer Fire Department can ask voters to increase assessment dues. Members asked procedural and technical questions about statutory reading deadlines and how parcels would be calculated for the assessment; staff said the ordinance must be in by Dec. 23 to meet reading requirements and the December schedule would be adjusted to comply. The committee voted to send the ordinance to quorum court.
