An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to accept the Texas Library Association Summer at the Library Grant, in the estimated total amount of $2,500.00 per six month term, from May 2, 2026, through October 30, 2026, with no match for the City of Laredo Public Library Department; and to amend the General Fund budget by appropriating revenues and expenditures in the amount of $2,500.00; and furthe

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An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to accept the Texas Library Association Summer at the Library Grant, in the estimated total amount of $2,500.00 per six month term, from May 2, 2026, through October 30, 2026, with no match for the City of Laredo Public Library Department; and to amend the General Fund budget by appropriating revenues and expenditures in the amount of $2,500.00; and further authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents resulting from the award of this grant. Any funding as a result of this application will be appropriated in the Laredo Public Library Department - General Fund.

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.2/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).