Agenda No. 6.
CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM
| City Council Meeting: | July 21, 2026 |
| Department: | City Secretary |
| Subject: | Resolution 26-R-083- TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool-Nomination to Board of Trustees (City Secretary Sheila Edmondson) |
BACKGROUND
NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY AT THE ADDRESS BELOW BY 11:59 P.M. ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2026
It's time for nominations to fill four positions on the TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool Board of Trustees. The Board is comprised of fifteen voting members, twelve of whom are elected by the Pool 's membership to serve staggered, six-year terms.
Board Secretary
P. O. Box 149194
Austin, Texas 78714-9194
The Board Secretary will distribute a ballot to each Pool Member by August 17, 2026.
Nominations are due by Sunday, August 2, 2026
It's time for nominations to fill four positions on the TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool Board of Trustees. The Board is comprised of fifteen voting members, twelve of whom are elected by the Pool 's membership to serve staggered, six-year terms.
- WHO/WHAT: Every even-numbered year, the term of office for one-third of the elected Trustees expires, and an election is held to fill those designated Places. Terms for Trustees in Places I — 4 expire October l, 2026. (Place 5 is an appointed, rather than elected, public member.) Those places are currently held by the following individuals:
- Place I — J. W. "Buzz" Fullen, Commissioner, Henderson Housing Authority
- Place 2 — Emily Crawford, City Manager, Abilene
- Place 3 — David Rutledge, Mayor, Bridge City
- Place 4 — Austin Bleess, City Manager, Jersey Village
- Place I — Elected official or employee of any Pool Member
- Places 2, 3, & 4 — Only elected officials or employees of a municipality that is a Pool Member
- WHEN: Nominations must be received by the Board Secretary at the address below by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 2 , 2026.
- WHERE/HOW: Each Board member is elected to a designated Place on the Board, and all nominations must show WHICH of the Places — 1, 2, 3, or 4 — for which the nomination is made. (No residency or other requirement applies.) The governing body of each Member of the Pool may nominate one qualified person for the election. Nominations must be mailed to the Board Secretary, with a short biographical sketch of the nominee and showing the designated Place for which the nomination is made, to the following 'address:
Board Secretary
P. O. Box 149194
Austin, Texas 78714-9194
The Board Secretary will distribute a ballot to each Pool Member by August 17, 2026.
Nominations are due by Sunday, August 2, 2026