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Wilkerson said all emails that were deleted were from the email account used by former Mayor Keith Harvey, whom Wilkerson defeated by an overwhelming margin in May.
Texas Government Code Section 552.351 stipulates that willful destruction, mutilation or removal of public information without permission is punishable as a misdemeanor.
City Manager David Williams II provided the Herald with the cityâs records management schedule that was effective April 17, 2016.
Many items on the just over eight-page schedule are required to be maintained permanently. Other items are to be maintained for anywhere from one to five years. Others still are for âas long as administratively valuable.â
Mayor of Kempner announces discovery of deleted emails from previous mayor s account
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and last updated 2021-07-27 22:08:39-04
Mayor of Kempner, John Wilkerson, announced Tuesday, July 27, that city staff discovered all emails from a previous city-funded email account used by former Mayor Keith Harvey had been deleted.
Mayor Wilkerson defeated Keith Harvey in the May 1st election, receiving 127 votes in comparison to Harveyâs 28 votes.
Currently, under Texas law deleting one email is a criminal violation of the Texas Government Code under section 552.351, and punishable as a Class B misdemeanor.
With early voting over and polls set to open at 7 a.m. Saturday, residents of Lampasas, Kempner, Florence, Belton, Salado and Coryell County have several different races or issues to
Candidates who wish to run for Killeen city and school board elections can now file an application do so.
All four district seats for the Killeen City Council will be open for the May 1 election. Two Killeen school board seats are also up for election on the same date.
Councilmembers Debbie Nash-King and Steve Harris will be eligible to run again, but due to term limits, Shirley Fleming will not be allowed to run again. The District 3 seat will also be up for election that was previously held by Jim Kilpatrick, who died Jan. 5 after battling COVID-19.
Nash-King, Harris and Ramon Alvarez have all filed for the upcoming election, city officials confirmed Wednesday, the first day of the filing period. Harris and Nash-King have both filed for reelection and Alvarez has filed for the District 3 seat previously held by Kilpatrick.