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Council appoints Michael Holzapfel to fill Dallas council vacancy
Summary
On May 19 the Dallas City Council appointed Michael Holzapfel to a vacant council seat after written ballots gave him five of seven votes; four candidates spoke before the vote and the appointee was sworn in immediately.
On May 19 the Dallas City Council voted to appoint Michael Holzapfel to fill a vacant city council seat, selecting him by written ballot after Holzapfel received five of the seven votes cast by the council members present.
The appointment fills a seat left open on the eight-member council; the council’s rules and the city charter require a majority of the remaining members to approve an appointee, which in this case meant five affirmative votes. The council conducted interviews with the four applicants earlier in the meeting and then distributed written ballots to the members…
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