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The Plano City Council is the governing body of the City of Plano, Texas, United States. The council operates using the council-manager government. They hold regular meetings at the Plano Municipal Center on the second and fourth Monday of every month at 7 p.m. During the month of July, the meeting dates are revised. [1]
Since 1884, the Mayor of Plano had been serving two year terms. The term length was changed to 3 years in 2006, and again to 4 years in 2011. [1] Since elections for city council members are held in both Collin County and Denton County, the voting results from the two counties are combined for the purpose of this article.
The Mayor of the City of Plano, Texas is the head of the Plano City Council. The current mayor is John B. Muns, who has served since 2021 and is the city's 39th mayor. [1] Serving as mayor is a part-time job, and most officeholders maintain a full-time job if they are not retired.
The 2019 Plano municipal election was an election to the Plano City Council in the city of Plano, Texas on May 4, 2019. Seats were contested for Places 1, 3, 5, and 7. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in Places 5 and 7, a runoff was held on June 8, 2019, for these races.
Plano has a council-manager form of government, with a part-time city council that sets city policy and a city manager responsible for city operations. The Plano City Council has eight members elected on a nonpartisan basis in staggered odd-year elections every other May. Council members and the mayor are elected by and serve the city at large.
Akers served on the Plano City Council from 1993-1999, including as Deputy Mayor Pro Tem from 1997–1998 and Mayor Pro Tem from 1998-1999.. Akers was elected mayor on May 6, 2000, with 64.17% of the vote, defeating opponent Dick Bode.
Town Meeting is typically held annually in the spring, often over the course of several evenings, but there is also provision to call additional special meetings. Open town meeting is direct democracy, while its alternatives, representative town meeting and town council, are representative democracy.
The 2021 Plano municipal elections took place on May 1, 2021. In addition to the mayoral election (Place 6), seats were contested for Places 2, 4, and 8, as well as a special election for Place 7. [ 1 ]