Sean Saunders

Seconded a rule requiring sealed bids for city purchases over $100,000. It also capped the City Manager's signing power. It passed.

November 18, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted for a $12,616 city grant to a homeowners group to water its green space. He voted against making the group pay half. It passed 5-2.

September 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to raise the property tax break for seniors and disabled homeowners to $75,000, with budget cuts to match. It passed 6-2.

July 25, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a council resolution backing Texas Senate Bill 175. The bill limits using taxpayer money to pay lobbyists. It passed 5-3.

January 10, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored a resolution asking the state to match volunteer firefighter pay limits to federal standards. It passed 7-0.

February 25, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Seconded and voted for the Neighborhood Flock Camera Initiative, a city camera program. It passed 5-2.

December 12, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Seconded a motion to approve a new pay scale for city EMS workers. He voted against delaying it, but the delay passed 5-3.

April 11, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for a resolution backing a state bill to ban local universal income programs. It passed 7-1.

December 17, 2024Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Moved to back widening FM 270. The resolution asked regional and state agencies to keep moving the project forward. It passed 7-0.

June 9, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Co-sponsored and seconded a resolution backing the FM 517 road project. It asked the state to reassess the project timeline. It passed 8-0.

May 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted for a $270,160 design contract for the Heritage Signature Trail. The vote tied 4-4, so it failed.

December 17, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to put a non-binding question on the November 2026 ballot about police license plate reader cameras. It passed 7-0.

August 11, 2026

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Voted for the Healthy Spaces law, which regulates camping on public and private property. It passed 7-1 on first reading.

May 12, 2026

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Cast the only vote against changing the emergency medical mutual aid deal with the City of Dickinson. It passed 7-1.

April 28, 2026

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Voted for new rules on people living on boats and on abandoned boats. He voted against an amendment to loosen them. The rules passed 7-1.

December 16, 2025

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Voted for a law making the city's talks with its lawyers confidential, with a confidentiality agreement. It passed 5-3.

November 18, 2025

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Voted against changes to the city's tree preservation rules. The changes passed 5-3 on first reading.

November 18, 2025

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Moved to set the 2025 city property tax rate at $0.36355 per $100 of value. This was the no-new-revenue rate, and it passed.

September 9, 2025

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Seconded and voted for a merit-based hiring policy for the city. He co-sponsored it, and it passed 7-0.

January 14, 2025

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Seconded and voted for final approval of limited fireworks on New Year's and the Fourth of July. It passed 5-2.

December 23, 2024

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Voted for a resolution backing the Texas Women's Privacy Act, a state bill. It passed 7-1.

December 17, 2024

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Voted for final approval to rezone about 55 acres of commercial land on West Nasa Boulevard for single-family homes. It passed 7-1.

June 25, 2024

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Moved to add ethics rules barring council members from city jobs or big city contracts for 60 months after leaving office. The council postponed the item 5-3.

June 11, 2024

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Voted against putting a charter change on the ballot that let any council member nominate people to city boards. It failed 2-6.

June 11, 2024

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Seconded and voted for a new city law banning the feeding of wildlife in certain cases. He co-sponsored it, and it passed 8-0.

May 14, 2024

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Co-sponsored a rule to let residents set off limited fireworks on New Year's and the Fourth of July. He voted for it, but it failed 3-5.

May 14, 2024

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Voted against rezoning about 55 acres of commercial land for single-family homes on West Nasa Boulevard. The vote tied 4-4, so it failed.

April 9, 2024

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Voted for the city's 2024 budget, which passed 5-2. He also voted for a property tax rate of $0.395 per $100 of value.

September 12, 2023

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Seconded and voted for a rule requiring background checks for anyone serving on a city board. He co-sponsored it, and it passed 7-0.

July 11, 2023

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Voted to create a Community Standards Review Committee to handle challenges to library books. The final vote was 5-3.

February 28, 2023

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Won the December 6, 2022 runoff for League City Council Position 7. The official canvass showed 2,806 votes for him and 975 for Larissa Ramirez.

December 6, 2022

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