Two More Candidates Register for City Council Election

SAN ANGELO, TX - Wednesday, Billie DeWitt and Tom Maurer filed their candidacies for the City Council’s District 6 seat in the May 6 election.

 DeWitt and Maurer are the third and fourth candidates, respectively, to file for the District 6 seat. The mayor’s post and the District 2 and 4 seats will also be on the ballot. Winners in the election will serve four-year terms. Those who previously filed their candidacies are:

• Mayor – Tony Villarreal, Brenda Gunter, Charlotte Farmer
• District 2 – Tom Thompson
• District 4 – Lucy Gonzales
• District 6 – Steve Hampton, Rebekah Coffman

 The filing period continues through 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17. Candidates file the necessary paperwork in the City Clerk’s office in Room 210 on the second floor of City Hall, 72 W. College Ave. The office is open from 8 a.m.-noon and from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

 Candidate packets containing applications, information and forms about running for City Council are available in the City Clerk’s office or at cosatx.us/May2017. Questions can be addressed to City Clerk Bryan Kendrick at 325-657-4405 or at [email protected].

 Voters and potential candidates can look at a map of the City Council districts at cosatx.us/council. Determining which district one lives in can be determined by clicking the GIS map viewer on the same page.

 Voters must be registered to vote by April 7 to vote in the May 6 election. Voter registration information can be found at votetomgreencounty.org; in the Tom Green County Election/Voter Registration Office on the first floor of the Edd B. Keyes Building, 113 W. Beauregard Ave.; and at all three Tom Green County library locations.