The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the municipality. They often preside over council meetings and may have the power to hire and fire heads of municipal departments.
The members of the Council shall be qualified voters of the City of Duncanville who have been residents of the State of Texas for at least one (1) year and residents of said City or residents of an area now within the corporate limits of said City for at least six (6) months, and shall hold no other public office except that of notary public or member of the National Guard or naval or military reserve. If a member of the Council shall cease to possess any of these qualifications or shall be finally convicted of a felony from which he has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability, his office shall immediately become vacant.
Filing Requirements
Any person having the qualifications required by the city charter may place his own name in nomination as candidate for Mayor or Councilman by filing with the City Secretary, or may be placed in nomination by a petition signed by the greater of twenty-five qualified voters or the number of qualified voters equal to one-half of one percent of the total vote received in the territory from which the office is elected by all candidates for Mayor in the most recent mayoral general election. No voter shall sign more than one petition and should a voter do so, his signature shall be void except as to the petition first filed. With each signature shall be stated the place of residence of the signer, giving the street, number or other description sufficient to identify it.
Paperwork Instructions
Submit paperwork to the City Secretary/Clerk's office.