The Lakeway City Council on Feb. 21 approved an ordinance declaring unopposed candidates for mayor and three council seats elected and cancelling the city’s May general election for those offices, the council said during a noon special meeting at 1102 Lomans Crossing Road.

The action was approved after a motion by Council Member 1 and a second from the Presiding Official; the council voted in favor by voice vote. The meeting record shows no members of the public addressed the council on the item during the citizen-participation period.

Council members clarified that the cancellation applied only to the general election for the unopposed races and would not remove six charter amendment measures from the ballot. When a council member asked, “Does that mean the charter amendments do not go on?” the Presiding Official replied, “No. The charter amendments go. This is just the general election. Okay. I just wanted because the charter amendments are a special election.”

The ordinance is listed in the meeting text as “ordinance 20 25 dash o 2 dash 21 dash o 1,” described as an ordinance of the City of Lakeway, Texas declaring the unopposed candidates for one mayor and three council members elected and canceling the May election for those offices. The council moved and seconded the ordinance during the special meeting and then voted to approve it.

Earlier in the same special session the council approved the consent agenda by motion and second; the minutes record that the consent agenda was adopted by voice vote.

The special meeting began with a quorum of four council members present and adjourned at 12:02 p.m.

Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Motion to approve consent agenda — Mover: Council Member 1; Second: Presiding Official; Vote: Aye (voice vote); Outcome: approved.
- Ordinance (item 5): Motion to approve ordinance declaring unopposed candidates elected and canceling May general election for those races — Mover: Presiding Official; Second: Council Member 1; Vote: Aye (voice vote); Outcome: approved.

The council did not take additional actions during the special meeting and provided no staff report on the ordinance at this session.