Grand Prairie, Texas

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Grand Prairie Texas is a city in Dallas County, Ellis County, and Tarrant County Texas.

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

[edit] Evaluating The Website

[edit] The good

• The website for Grand Prairie Texas includes the names of all city council members.

• City council meeting agendas and minutes^[7] are published.

• The current budget is published.

• There is a procedure for requesting public records.

• The names of all administrative officials are available.
• Building permits^[8] and zoning information available.^[9]

[edit] The bad

• Contact information is not provided for the city council members.

• Contact information is not provided for administrative officials.

• No information is available on audits, lobbying and the tax rate.

[edit] Taxpayer-funded lobbying

Main article: Texas Municipal League members list

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

[edit] External links

• City of Grand Prairie

[edit] References

1. ↑ Budget
2. ↑ Agendas
3. ↑ City Council
4. ↑ Org Chart
5. ↑ Purchasing Department
6. ↑ Public Information
7. ↑ Minutes
8. ↑ Permits
9. ↑ Unified Development Code

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