City Council and School Board elections filing status

City Council and School Board elections filing status

Election Day is November 5, 2019

If you intend to file for City Council or CCISD Board of Trustees, Monday at 5PM is the deadline to file for election and there is no filing fee. Jeremy and I know that many of you read “Speak Up!!! Copperas Cove” and we see your posts on Facebook and Next Door. We even talk to several of you every day about your feelings in Copperas Cove. We hear it every day. We are all busy and we all make sacrifices. Just like us with our blog, we sacrifice many hours every week keeping you informed. This is your chance to attempt to make a change for the better. How can we as a city allow our leaders to run opposed in the council and school board with all the complaints we hear on a daily basis. This is your chance to try. As we say in the Army, “RUCK UP!”

There are three places up for election in the Copperas Cove City Council.

Here is information about the City Council. http://www.copperascovetx.gov/files/city_council/UnderstandingCityCouncilMeetings2019.pdf

Place 3, Dan Yancey has filed for reelection and is currently unopposed. He was first elected in the 2015 Special Election to replace Councilman Gary Kent who resigned to run for Mayor and lost to Mayor Frank Seffrood. Yancey, in May 2016, voted in favor of bringing FATHOM to Copperas Cove. Last week he also agreed to raise your water base rates by 16.7%. For example, if your current water bill is approximately $62 without sewer and you use 5100 gallons of water your FATHOM water bill becomes $67 Dollars, with sewer would be $69 Dollars.

Place 4, Jay Manning has filed for reelection and is currently unopposed. Last week, he also agreed to raise water base rates by 16.7%. This is his first attempt to run for reelection. He owns Manning Homes in Copperas Cove and is married to Joan Manning (who is the current CCISD Board of Trustee President and also running for reelection).

Place 5 is currently held by Kirby Lack who is term limited. Dianne Campbell and former Councilman Gary Kent have filed for his seat. This is Ms Campbell first time to run for public office. Mr Kent is a former councilman and lost in an attempt for Mayor and 2 previous attempts for council.

This from the Board of Trustee Website: https://www.ccisd.com/21419_1

“The Board of Trustees derives its legal status from the Texas Constitution and the state legislature. Among its many duties, the Board of Trustees oversees the management of the public schools in Copperas Cove; levees and collects taxes and issues bonds; adopts the district's annual budget; has the district's fiscal accounts audited each year by a Texas certified or public accountant; adopts rules and bylaws; adopts policy to establish a district and campus level planning and decision-making process; and many other functions.”

“The Board of Trustees legislates and establishes general policies for the district but does not manage the day-to-day operations of the district.”

There are three positions open at Copperas Cove ISD.

Joan Manning is currently the Board President (Place 4) and has been in her position for over 20 years. Joan was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1995. She is the wife of Jay Manning, who is running for reelection for Copperas Cove City Council. 

In Place 3 is Mike Wilburn. He has been a CCISD Board Trustee since 2007. He is a very experienced educator.

Place 5 is held by Bob Weiss. He is a former Trustee and was appointed in 2017 to replace Trustee Doug Cook, who moved to Georgetown. Mr Weiss has not filed for election. He is being challenged by former Trustee Harry Byrd who was defeated in 2018 in his reelection bid.

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