Per the Trustee Election Procedures, to be elected a Police Officer Trustee or Firefighter Trustee a candidate must receive more than 50% of the votes cast. If no candidate earns more than 50% of the votes cast, a runoff election will be held involving the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes.
The preliminary results for the Police Officer & Firefighter Trustees are as follows:
- Police Officer Trustee: Michael Taglienti
- Firefighter Trustee: a runoff election will be held between Armando Garza and Matthew Shomer.
The voting packets for the runoff Firefighter Trustee election will be mailed on July 19th to active members’ home addresses or emailed to active members who have elected eCorrespondence. Voting for the runoff Firefighter Trustee election begins at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 20th and voting ends at noon on Tuesday, August 1st. Only active Firefighter members are eligible to vote in the runoff Firefighter Trustee election.
The results will be submitted to the Board to certify at the July 13, 2023 Board meeting. These Trustees will serve from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026.
Race
|
Candidate/Choice
|
Votes
|
Percent
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Police Officer Trustee - Police
|
Michael Taglienti
|
132
|
55.46%
|
Police Officer Trustee - Police
|
Kenneth Haben (incumbent)
|
76
|
31.93%
|
Police Officer Trustee - Police
|
Zachary Knetzer
|
30
|
12.61%
|
|
Race
|
Candidate/Choice
|
Votes
|
Percent
|
Firefighter Trustee - Fire
|
Armando Garza (incumbent)
|
124
|
31.55%
|
Firefighter Trustee - Fire
|
Matthew Shomer
|
97
|
24.68%
|
Firefighter Trustee - Fire
|
David Waks
|
87
|
22.14%
|
Firefighter Trustee - Fire
|
David Hatch
|
85
|
21.63%
|