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🏛️ Granbury Council Member Zeb Ullom Announces Plans To Resign

Ullom holds Place 5, with a term that runs to November 2027. Under the City Charter, the seat must be filled by a special election.

📅 November 4th, 2026AD

By Roger Teague, Staff Writer

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GRANBURY — Council Member Zeb Ullom announced plans to resign at the Granbury City Council meeting Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to the City of Granbury's council meeting recap, sent in its email newsletter Wednesday.

The recap lists the announcement first among the meeting's highlights and links to video of the meeting. It does not give a reason or a date the resignation would take effect.

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ABOUT THE SEAT

Ullom holds Place 5. He ran unopposed in 2024 and was sworn in Nov. 19, 2024, to start his first three-year term, according to the City. The City's council page lists his term as expiring in November 2027.

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HOW THE SEAT GETS FILLED

Granbury City Charter Sec. 2.05 says a council vacancy must be filled by a special election, called by the City Council as state law requires. The charter does not allow the council to appoint a replacement.

The charter also says the council must declare the seat vacant immediately, and a member who resigns keeps serving until a successor is qualified.

Granbury council terms are three years. The Texas Constitution, Art. XI, Sec. 11, requires cities with terms longer than two years to fill a vacancy by special election within 120 days.

No election date has been set. A special election must be called.

There is precedent. In 2021, a Place 5 vacancy was filled by a June 29 special election and a July 27 runoff, which Cathy Reidy won, according to the City's election records.

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ALSO FROM THE NOV. 3 MEETING

Per the City's recap:

  • A proposed Pirate Drive gas station failed to receive the required supermajority approval.
  • Council approved $250,000 for anticipated legal expenses.
  • Council approved $1.17 million for street improvement engineering and design.
  • Council approved outdoor merchandise displays at Pirate Cove Collective.

Election returns for Places 4 and 6 are scheduled to be officially confirmed at the Nov. 17 council meeting at 6 p.m., the City said.

HCE will update this story as the City releases more details.

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