38° F Thursday, February 9, 2012

Filing is under way for local elections set for May 8, with three seats up for grabs in the Eanes school board election and in both Rollingwood and West Lake Hills city council elections.

In West Lake Hills, seats currently held by Mayor Dave Claunch, Place 2 Councilman Andrew Schwartz and Place 4 Councilwoman Cindy Probst will be decided.

Mayor Dale Dingley and Alderman Brian Nalle and Alderwoman Shanthi Jayakumar are up for re-election in Rollingwood.

Nalle and Jayakumar will face all comers in an at-large election in which the top two vote-getters win, and the mayors race is a traditional head-to-head election. Filing and the election will be at City Hall, 403 Nixon Drive.

The Rollingwood City Council meets every third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m., while West Lake Hills Council members meet every second and fourth Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Interested candidates have until March 8 to file for the election at his or her respective city halls. For more information, call the Rollingwood City Hall at 327-1838 or West Lake Hills City Hall at 327-3628.

In both cities, council seats are for two-year terms.

The Election Day polling place for both the West Lake Hills and Eanes school board elections is Valley View Elementary School.

In the Eanes school board election, places up for grabs are Place 6, currently held by Mike Monnig, and Place 7, currently held by Ellen Balthazar. Both are for three-year terms. A concurrent special election will also be held to fill the Place 5 seat vacated by Gail King last August.

Candidates file for the election at the Eanes administration building, 601 Camp Craft Road.

The deadline to file for candidacy for the Eanes school board is also March 8.

Comments

  1. Steve says:

    Run Dave Run!!! Thanks for bringing back an open and service oriented government!

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