The Bandera City Council last week approved a $3.4 million budget for the new year with a property tax rate that was slightly less than the old rate and appointed a third member to council on a split vote. The decisions came in separate meetings on Sept. 29 and on Thursday, Oct. 1, and got council moving into a new fiscal year expectantly but with some of the same divisions that had separated the past council. The budget and property tax votes on Sept. 29 took place quickly and unanimously with no discussion after council had been studying the spending plan for ...