District At-Large B Council Member· 2009–2025
Rose M.Z. Gowen
Brownsville
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 21
- Total speaking time
- 1:15:10
- Avg per meeting
- 3:35
- Segments
- 1108
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Top issues during term (2)(Budget)
Historic Property Tax Exemptions
The city anticipates approximately $133,000 in foregone property tax revenue for 2026 from historic exemptions.
Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Budget and Property Tax Rate
Impacts property assessment rates and district operating revenues.
Moved or seconded (4)
Motions Gowen personally put forward or seconded. Attribution comes from the minutes; where the minutes name somebody we cannot match to the roster we leave it out rather than guess, so this is a floor, not a total.
- secondedpassed2025-10-03
motioned to proceed as discussed in executive session on Item E
- movedpassed2025-10-03
Executive Session convened at 12:36 pm
- movedpassed2025-10-03
the minutes for September 05, 2025, Regular Meeting were approved.
- movedpassed2025-10-03
proceed as discussed
Decisions during term (7)
Recorded while Gowen was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.