CITY & COUNTY
News from Flower Mound, Highland Village & Argyle
Entities open candidate filings for council, school board positions DENTON COUNTY Flower Mound, Highland Vil- lage, Argyle and Northlake residents looking to serve in city and town council positions or on a school board can file for candidacy, which opened Jan. 18. The filing period will end Feb. 17. Early voting and 3. Craig Hawkesworth serves as Place 1 trustee. Place 2 is held by John Bitter. Place 3 is held by Sam Slaton, who serves as board president.
positions, respectively. Argyle residents can apply to run for mayor, and places 2 and 4 on Town Council. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, be a registered voter in the town, and have been a resident of Texas for 12 consecutive months and an Argyle resident for six months. The mayor and all council members are elected at large and serve two-year terms. Bryan Livingston serves as mayor, and Ronald Schmidt and Cynthia Hermann serve in places 2 and 4, respectively. Northlake residents can apply to run for its Town Council places 4, 5 and 6. Candidates must be at least 18 years old, have been a resident of Northlake for 12 months and be a registered voter in Northlake. Council members serve two-year terms. Council members Roger Sessions, Bill Moore and Wes Boyer serve in places 4, 5 and 6, respectively. Places 6 and 7 will be on the ballot for Lewisville ISD. Both seats are three-year terms. Place 6 is held by Kristi Hassett, and Place 7 is held by Tracy Scott Miller, who serves as board president. While candidates run for specific places, they represent the district at large instead of specific geographical areas. The Argyle ISD election will include places 1, 2
will begin April 24, and May 6 is election day. Appli- cations can be filled out online or at the respective city or town secretary’s office. Flower Mound officials will accept applications for Town Council places 2 and 5 on the May 6 general election ballot. Those running must be a registered voter of the town, be age 21 or older, and have been a resident for at least one year prior to election day. Town Council members are elected at large and can serve no more than two consecutive three-year terms. Council members Sandeep Sharma and Ann Martin serve as the incumbent place 2 and 5 representatives, respectively. Highland Village residents can apply to run for places 3, 5 and 7. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, be a registered voter of the city and have lived within the city limits for 12 consecutive months. All members of City Council are elected at large and serve staggered two-year terms. Council members Mike Lombardo, Tom Heslep and Brian Fiorenza serve in the place 3, 5 and 7
OPEN POSITIONS
There are several council and school board seats up for election May 6, including positions in Flower Mound, Highland Village, Argyle and Northlake.
Flower Mound Town Council places 2 and 5 Highland Village City Council places 3, 5 and 7 Argyle Town Council places 2 and 4, and mayor Northlake Town Council places 4, 5 and 6
Lewisville ISD places 6 and 7 Argyle ISD places 1, 2 and 3
IMPORTANT DATES
May 6 is election day.
The filing period will end Feb. 17 .
Early voting will begin April 24 .
SOURCE: DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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