Yet this is hardly a typical year to run for Plano City Council. Tax collections are down. Property values are flat or even falling. And service cuts and tax increases could be in the city's future.Plano City Website Election Info Page: Click here
That is the dour backdrop as one of North Texas' largest, most affluent suburbs prepares to choose a new mayor, a new City Council and the fate of a nearly $130 million bond package. The election is May 9.
Cuts of all kinds – from park upgrades to middle school police patrols – are already on the table. Even with those reductions, the City Council may choose to increase the property tax rate, raise city fees or both as they seek to craft a new budget by Oct 1.
Municipal elections typically draw low voter turnout. But with the next mayor and council set to decide the course of a mega suburb that is both cash-strapped and aging, voters have much at stake.
For the City of Plano the mayor's office and two of the City Council's seven seats are contested. The mayor and council members serve three-year terms.
Plano Mayor (Place 6)
- Phil Dyer Age: 57
Occupation: bank executive
Community highlights: former City Council member; former planning and zoning commission member; former parks and recreation board member; former board chairman of Plano Chamber of Commerce - David W. Fincannon Age: 48
Occupation: CEO of pest control firm
Community highlights: community volunteer; involved with Preston Meadow Homeowners Association
- Ben Harris Age: 30-something
Occupation: pharmaceutical sales
Community highlights: former parks and recreation board member; board of directors, Plano Youth Leadership - Susan Plonka Age: 51
Occupation: owner of Web business
Community highlights: former chairman of parks and recreation board; former chairman of Plano Metro Rotary Club
- Lee Dunlap (I) Age: 58
Occupation: architect
Community highlights: City Council member; former chairman of planning and zoning commission; former chairman of transportation advisory committee - Imran Khan Age: 27
Occupation: teacher
Community highlights: community volunteer - Greg Myer Age: 37
Occupation: information technology manager
Community highlights: former chairman of library advisory board; Republican Precinct Chair; Self describes as a Conservative Republican
The Plano City Ballot includes several bond propositions totaling nearly nearly $130 million:
- Proposition no. 1 - The issuance of $11,368,000 general obligation bonds for public safety improvements
- Proposition no. 2 - The issuance of $8,000,000 general obligation bonds for renovations to municipal facilities for technology services purposes
- Proposition no. 3 - The issuance of $34,754,500 general obligation bonds for street improvements
- Proposition no. 4 - The issuance of $1,750,000 general obligation bonds for library facilities
- Proposition no. 5 - The issuance of $48,650,000 general obligation bonds for parks and recreation improvements
- Proposition no. 6 - The issuance of $24,100,000 general Obligation bonds for recreation centers
- Proposition no. 7 - The revocation of $3,500,000 general obligation bonds for an overpass project to provide grade separation at preston road and legacy drive
Plano ISD Board of Trustees Place 6
- Marilyn Hinton
- Nathan Barbera
- Steve Navarre
- Rama Lavu
Plano ISD Board of Trustees Place 7
- Missy Bender (incumbent)
- Robert Canright
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