Universal City council appoints William Shelby to fill vacant seat after three votes

Universal City — The Universal City City Council appointed William Shelby to fill an unexpired 2025–2027 council term at a special meeting that followed an executive session on a personnel matter.

The council made the appointment after three separate motions and rounds of voting. Two prior motions to appoint other candidates failed on recorded roll-call votes; the third motion naming Shelby was approved and the council adjourned after the swearing-in was scheduled.

City officials said the council moved into executive session under the personnel exception to the Texas open meetings law, citing Texas Government Code Section 551.074, before returning to the public meeting to consider appointments. "This is a special meeting to appoint to fill a council vacancy for the unexpired ... term," the mayor said when opening the meeting.

Nut graf: The council considered multiple nominees and held three formal votes before selecting Shelby. The process included public roll-call votes recorded in the meeting transcript; two motions failed and the final…