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Lewisville council moves charter amendment to voter ballot, approves budget amendment and administrative updates
Summary
Council adopted an ordinance to amend the town charter to create four‑year staggered council terms (contingent on voter approval), voted to call the question at the Nov. 2025 municipal election, approved a budget amendment for snow and ice removal and adopted several administrative resolutions; votes and motions were recorded for each item.
The Town of Lewisville council on Feb. 13 adopted an ordinance to amend the town charter to implement four‑year staggered terms for council members, contingent on voter approval, and set the question for the Nov. 2025 municipal election.
Dora (staff) presented Ordinance 20254, which proposes that council members serve four‑year staggered terms while the mayoral seat remains a two‑year term; the ordinance describes an implementation schedule for alternating three‑seat cycles in 2027 and 2029 so that only part of the council is on the ballot in any given municipal election. Council member Ivan Huffman moved to approve the ordinance and Council member Melissa Hunt seconded. The motion passed on a recorded count described in the meeting as four in favor and two opposed.
After adopting the ordinance, council unanimously approved Resolution 2025007 to call the…
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