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BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
New Braunfels City Council votes to terminate city attorney New Braunfels City Council voted to terminate the employment of its city attorney, Valeria Acevedo, following a two-hour May 11 executive session. Council voted 4-3 to terminate its city attorney, with council members Toni Carter, Mary Ann Labowski and April Ryan dissenting. Mayor Pro Tem Lawrence Spradley made the motion, and council member Michael Capizzi seconded the motion. The decision to terminate the city attorney’s employment comes after the discovery of a con ict between the city charter and the Texas Constitution regarding the New Braunfels mayoral race. The council had the opportunity to recon- sider Acevedo’s termination during a May 26
Council positions head to runo
What happened New Braunfels City Council voted to terminate City Attorney Valeria Acevedo following a May 11 executive session.
The New Braunfels City Council District 6 and New Braunfels mayor seats are going to a runo election. In case you missed it Incumbent Neal Linnartz will be facing candidate Michael French in the mayor runo election. Additionally, Incumbent April Ryan and candidate Nikki Shaw will be vying for the District 6 seat. District 5 City Council member Mary Ann Labowski was sworn into o ce for a second term during a regular city council meeting May 26.
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council meeting, but the motion died for lack of a second. The update Following executive session May 26, City Council appointed Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza as the interim rm to serve as city attorney.
Election day will be June 13 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. For more election coverage, visit www.communityimpact.com/voter-guide
City Council approves resolution supporting historic designation for 2 properties New Braunfels City Council approved a res- olution supporting obtaining National Register of Historic Places designation for two properties within Dittlinger Family Residential Historic District on May 11. In a nutshell The district contains late 19th century and early 20th century resources on two properties— 581 W. Coll St. and 372 Magazine Ave.—in the city’s Sophienburg Historic District, according to agenda documents. The historic-age resources in the area date from around 1895-1925 and are associated with the Dittlinger family. The district was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places for its examples of National Folks, Late Victorian and Early 20th Century Revival architectural design. Dittlinger Family Residential Historic District
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