The city of Dallas also remains under a Local State of Disaster for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program may include – but is not limited to – giving preference to prospective contractors for employing Dallas residents, for producing goods and services in the city, for having operations based in Dallas, or for participating in other activities that create an economic benefit for Dallas residents or increasing the city’s tax revenues.
On May 27, the Dallas City Council unanimously passed the city’s first ever Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan.
Members of the Dallas City Council rejected a proposal on Wednesday from the city manager’s office to allow the Dallas County tax assessor’s office to calculate an 8% tax increase for Dallas residents.
“I will not consider adding to our residents’ economic woes until the city manager presents us with some alternative plans,” Johnson said.
