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Kinder council votes to call special election to extend 0.3% sales and use tax
Summary
The Kinder Town Council voted to order a special election to extend and rededicate a 0.3% sales and use tax; the measure passed on a 3-1 roll call with one abstention. The resolution was introduced by the town attorney and approved following council discussion.
The Kinder Town Council on Sept. 9 voted to order a special election that would extend and rededicate a 0.3% sales and use tax. Town Attorney Michael Holmes presented Resolution No. 2024-09, and the council moved to adopt it.
The roll call vote recorded Councilwoman LaToya Tunwar as nay; Councilwoman Maria DeWees, Councilman Jerry Nevils Jr. and Councilwoman Susanne Sonnier as yea; and Councilwoman Angie Van Norman as abstain. Mayor Wayland LaFargue called the motion passed 3–1 with one abstention.
The resolution, as presented, would place the question on a special election ballot asking voters whether the current 0.3% local sales and use tax should be extended and its revenues rededicated. Michael Holmes introduced the measure during the town-attorney report and the council proceeded to vote the same night.
The council did not record public comment on the resolution during the meeting. The next procedural step is to set the election date and any accompanying ballot language required by state election law, which would be handled administratively after adoption of the resolution.
No further details about the proposed new duration, specific rededication purposes, or projected revenue estimates were provided in the meeting packet or in council discussion.
