As Burnet County voters prepare to participate during the upcoming election, several issues are stake during the upcoming election in area cities.
Horseshoe Bay
Burnet County residents who reside within Horseshoe Bay will decide to elect a mayor and two council members. For mayor, POA president Donald Beeman will go head-to-head with the city’s mayor pro tem, Elsie Thurman.
In the city council race, three people – Jeffery D. Jones, Frank Hosea and Larry W. Morgan on the ballot. The two top vote getters will fill those two positions.
ESD No. 3
Voters within Emergency Services District 3 (including voting precincts 3, 9, 18) will decide whether to accept Proposition A, which proposes a local sales and use tax at 2%.
Meadowlakes
Meadowlakes voters will decide Proposition A, which proposes to approve a certificate of obligation of $7.5 million to renovate the cityowned golf course, improve the city-owned utility system and garner taxes and surplus revenue from the city water and sanitary system sewer system to lower outstanding debt.
Double Horn
In Double Horn, due to no opposition candidates, Cathy Sereno is declared elected as mayor. Too, Tom King and Bob Schmitz are declared elected aldermen.
County election officials must
receive an application for a mail ballot no later than Oct. 27.
Election officials indicate the last day to receive a voted ballot by mail is 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 7 (if the carrier envelope is not postmarked) or; by 5 p.m. Nov. 8 if the carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at the location of the election on election day, unless military or overseas voter deadlines apply.
The last day of early voting is Friday, Nov. 3. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7.