Flower Mound's only local ballot measure on the Nov. 3 ballot asks voters whether to keep a quarter-cent sales tax that sends an estimated $4.6 million a year into street repairs.
Proposition A would reauthorize the Dedicated Street Maintenance Sales Tax for another four years. The tax dedicates one-quarter of one percent of the town's sales tax to road work and capital projects. Voter registration closes Monday, Oct. 5.
The tax is not new.
Flower Mound voters first approved it in November 2007 as part of a package of four quarter-cent measures that raised the town's sales tax to 8.25 percent, according to the town's dedicated sales tax history page. Residents have reauthorized it every four years since: in 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2022.
What the money pays for
Since the 2022 reauthorization, $19.8 million in dedicated sales tax funds have gone toward street maintenance, reconstruction and the personnel who do the work, according to the town's street maintenance page. That money funded 16 major projects, including the Flower Mound Road concrete panel replacement, Colonial Drive Phase II reconstruction and Timber Creek Road panel replacement.
The Flower Mound Road project alone cost $2.2 million and required no new debt or special assessment, the Flower Mound Bee reported. Melissa Demmitt, the town's communications director, said in June that crews were "replacing the failed concrete panels as part of our ongoing maintenance program to extend the overall life of the roadway and avoid more costly full reconstruction in the future."
If reauthorized, the tax would continue funding full-depth pavement reconstruction, panel replacements, asphalt overlays, pothole patching, alley repairs and snow removal, along with the staff who carry out that work.
What a 'yes' or 'no' means
A "yes" vote keeps Flower Mound's sales tax rate at 8.25 percent. Nothing changes for shoppers. The town's reauthorization page notes that rate matches Allen, Coppell, Frisco, Keller, McKinney, Southlake and other benchmark cities.
A "no" vote drops the rate to 8.0 percent. The quarter-cent would no longer be dedicated to streets, and the Town Council would need to find alternate funding for the projects and personnel the tax currently supports.
Under Texas law, the tax expires on the fourth anniversary of the election unless voters renew it.
How to vote
Early voting runs Monday, Oct. 19 through Friday, Oct. 30. On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Flower Mound straddles Denton and Tarrant counties. Denton County voters can cast early ballots at any designated Denton County location. Election Day locations depend on precinct.
Tarrant County voters can use any Tarrant County location during early voting and on Election Day. The closest Tarrant County polling site for Flower Mound residents is the Grapevine Public Library at 1201 Municipal Way.
Voters can find their precinct at votedenton.gov or the Tarrant County Elections website. As we reported Oct. 2, the Monday, Oct. 5 registration deadline applies to all Flower Mound and Highland Village elections this cycle.
