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Medina Valley ISD board declares SMD #5 vacant after no applicants, votes to fill by appointment
Summary
The board declared the Single Member District #5 seat vacant at the end of the term after the election drew zero applicants and voted unanimously to fill the vacancy by appointment.
The Medina Valley ISD Board on May 13 adopted a Resolution Declaring a Vacancy for Single Member District #5, finding that the SMD #5 election received zero applicants and declaring the seat vacant at the end of the current trustee’s term.
The vacancy resolution was adopted following the canvass. Trustee Blane Nash made the motion to adopt the vacancy resolution; Jason Bonney seconded the motion and the board voted unanimously to approve the declaration. Later in the meeting, the board voted to fill the SMD #5 vacancy by appointment after a separate motion by Nash, seconded by Ben Juarez.
The vacancy resolution’s text notes the board’s finding that the election for SMD #5 had zero applicants and affirms that the adoption of the resolution met open-meeting requirements under Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.
