Pflugerville Taps Victor Gonzales As Mayor, Doug Weiss To City Council [UPDATED]

PFLUGERVILLE, TX -- Victor Gonzales was elected mayor of Pflugerville on Tuesday, defeating two challengers for the post by a comfortable margin.

While the results are unofficial pending vote canvassing on Nov. 22, the net effect of the tally showed Gonzalez secured 8,673 votes. His challenger, Brad Marshall got 7,655 votes while Phil Osars Emia secured 803 votes.

Gonzales will take the oath of office in a ceremony scheduled on Nov. 29, city officials said.

Also victorious at the polls was Doug Weiss, who becomes the newest member of city council in securing the Place 1 seat. Weiss won big on Tuesday, getting more than double the number of votes as challenger Victor To. Weiss got 11,326 votes while To secured 4,526.

Pflugerville voters also had a whopping number of propositions to consider at the ballot box. The various propositions were related to the city charter revisions. All but four of the propositions passed:

Proposition 1: (Yes) The City Council is now a seven member council and the Mayor is allowed to vote on all matters and oversee the City Council agenda.

Proposition 2: (No) The Charter will not be clarified that the Municipal Judge does not have to be a resident.
Proposition 3: (Yes) The Municipal Judge must be a resident of Pflugerville.
Proposition 4: (Yes) The Parks and Recreation Commission will be a project specific advisory board.
Proposition 5: (Yes) It will require a majority of the voting members of city council to terminate a City Manager.
Proposition 6: (Yes) It is a violation to interfere with the Administration by a City Council member and could result in removal from office.
Proposition 7: (Yes) Grounds for removal from office include violation of the nepotism provision of the charter.
Proposition 8: (Yes) The Charter will specify a hearing process and procedure for removal from office of a Council member.
Proposition 9: (Yes) The charter prohibits holding other compensated appointive city office or employment and prohibits all other compensated and/or contracted services and extends the prohibition time period from one to two years after the expiration of a term of office.
Proposition 10 (Yes) The city will amend its charter that boards and commission will meet on an as needed basis.
Proposition 11 (No) The city will not allow Council to approve an ordinance without the need to consider and vote to approve it at two separate meetings.
Proposition 12: (Yes)An emergency ordinance can be considered for adoption, amendment and rejection at the same meeting.
Proposition 13: (Yes) The city will amend its Charter to require the City Manager to become a resident within 180 days of appointment.
Proposition 14: (No) The city will not provide that Acting City Managers are appointed by the city manager rather than the City Council. It will be the City Council’s continued duty.
Proposition 15: (Yes) The city will amend its Charter to provide that the City Manager submit a five-year capital improvement plan to the City Council at least 120 days before the beginning of the budget year listing projects in order of preference and with a recommendation of the year of construction for each project.
Proposition 16: (Yes) The number of required petition signatures for initiatives, referendums and nonbinding referendums is now 15% of the qualified voters of the city instead of 20%.
Proposition 17: (Yes) The City shall amend its Charter to allow a signatory to a petition to provide their date of birth or voter registration number.
Proposition 18: (Yes) The City will extend the response time for the City Secretary to issue petition certificate copies from immediately to the next business day.
Proposition 19: (Yes) The City will change the powers of the planning commission to include zoning proposals in its recommendations to the City Council and revise meeting requirements, and include parks, transportation and utilities within its five year capital improvement plan.
Proposition 20: (Yes) The City will reduce the number of alternates for the zoning board of adjustment from four to two
Proposition 21: (No) The city will not amend its Charter to reduce the required number of meetings of the zoning board of adjustment from one each quarter to one annually.
Proposition 22 (Yes) The City Charter will require the City Manager to meet quarterly with representatives of the police association.
Proposition 23: (Yes) The Charter Review Commission will hold a minimum of six and a maximum of eight meetings, and two will be held with the City Council.
Proposition 24: (Yes) The City can strike portions of its Charter due to repetitiveness with Texas law regarding general powers of the city to include eminent domain, zoning, actions which require an ordinance and elections.
Proposition 25: (Yes) The City Charter will allow for annexation and disannexation consistent with Texas law.
Proposition 26: (Yes) The City will provide a process for filling a vacancy on the City Council consistent to the Texas Constitution.
Proposition 27: (Yes) The City will amend the Charter to provide that City Council determines by resolution the uniform election date for city elections instead of on a date closest to the second Saturday in May as allowed by Texas law.
Proposition 28: (Yes) The Charter will be consistent with Texas law as to who may request alternates to attend a zoning board of adjustment meeting.

From Nov. 8:

PFLUGERVILLE, TX -- The race for the mayor's position in Pflugerville is too close to call as of very late Tuesday.

Victor Gonzales widened his lead over Brad Marshall as of 11:30 p.m. on Election Day, with 140 of 194 precincts reporting. Gonzales had 7,475 votes to 6,545 votes for Marshall. A third candidate, Philip Emiabata, secured 672 votes.

As of late Tuesday, 17.7 percent of the vote, 3,159 votes, had yet to be tallied.