Title
Consider recommendation from EAA staff calling for the election of seven voting members to the EAA Board of Directors from seven single-member districts within the boundaries of the EAA to be held on November 5, 2024.
Body
STAFF RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board adopt Resolution and Order No. 07-24-097 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors calling for the election of seven voting members to the EAA Board of Directors from seven single-member districts within the boundaries of the EAA to be held on November 5, 2024, and providing for matters related to the holding of said election in accordance with applicable law.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this item is to seek adoption of a resolution and order calling for the election of seven voting members to the Board of Directors ("Board") of the Edwards Aquifer Authority ("EAA") as required by the Edwards Aquifer Authority Act ("Act"). Section 1.09(b) of the Act states, "The board [of the EAA] shall order elections of the appropriate number of directors to replace directors holding elected offices whose terms are nearest expiration to be held on the uniform election date in November of each even-numbered year."
The EAA must order its election no later than the 78th day before the election day, which is August 19, 2024. Tex. Elec. Code § 3.005(c)(1). The terms of the current even-numbered district directors expire on December 1, 2024, see Act § 1.09(a). The EAA is required to call for an election to be held on November 5, 2024 (the uniform election date), to elect a director to those certain even-numbered seats that are up for election in 2024. Accordingly, the EAA is required to hold an election on November 5, 2024, for the following director positions:
District 2 - Bexar (4-year term)
District 4 - Bexar (4-year term)
District 6 - Bexar (4-year term)
District 8 - Comal (4-year term)
District 10 - Hays (4-year term)
District 12 - Medina (4-year term)
District 14 - Uvalde (4-year term)
...
Click here for full text