Friendswood, Texas

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Friendswood Texas is a city in Galveston County and Harris County Texas.

Budget
[1]
Meetings
[2]
Elected Officials
[3]
Administrative Officials
Permits, zoning
Audits
[4]
Contracts
Lobbying
Public records
[5]
Local taxes
[6]
School district websites


Contents

[edit] Evaluating The Website

[edit] The good

The website for Friendswood Texas includes the names of all city council members.

City council meeting minutes and agendas are published.

The current budget is published.

There is a procedure for requesting public records

  • Building permits[7] and zoning ordinance available.[8]

[edit] The bad

Contact information for the city council members is not provided.[9]

There is no information on administrative officials, contracts, and lobbying.

Working for accountable government now


[edit] Taxpayer-funded lobbying

Main article: Texas Municipal League members list

Friendswood pays membership dues to the Texas Municipal League, a taxpayer-funded lobbying association.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. Budget
  2. Meetings
  3. City Government
  4. CAFR
  5. records request
  6. Tax Rates
  7. Permits
  8. Ordinances
  9. City Government