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Timestamp: 2019-04-26 15:58:20+00:00

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Kingsland MUD directors serve a four-year term with elections taking place in May of every even year.
Mary Ann Hefner has been a resident of Kingsland MUD since 1995. She was appointed to the Board in 1996 to fill an unexpired term and has been serving on the Board since that time and as president since 1997. Mary Ann also serves on the Personnel and Insurance Committees. Ms. Hefner worked at the Texas Water Commission (now TCEQ) for 28 years, before retiring following another eight years as a legal assistant in an Austin law firm.
KMUD has been a member of the Association of Water Board Directors (AWBD) since November 2, 2000. Mary Ann served as Central Texas Regional Trustee for AWBD for six years and has been serving as Chair of the Association’s Legislative Planning Committee since 2000.
Community activities include: Kingsland Chamber of Commerce; Kingsland Convention and Community Center; member of the local chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International; appointed by Lower Colorado River Authority to the Lake LBJ/Lake Marble Falls Regional Council and also serve on the Authority’s City of Austin/LCRA Strategic Planning Committee. Ms. Hefner is a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Marble Falls.
I have been coming to the Highland Lakes since the early 60’s. I retired from my own Insurance Agency, built a house, and moved to Kingsland in 1996. I have been on the Kingsland MUD board for 12 years and have held the position of Secretary-Treasurer since being elected in 2000. I am the Chairman of the Audit Committee, the Property and Easement Committee and the Safety Committee. I am currently serving my third two-year term as the Central Texas rep for the Association of Water Board Directors. I have been married to my high-school sweetheart, Sharon, for 54 years. My hobbies are fishing and spending time in Colorado in the mountains.
Kenneth (Ken) Martin grew up in Houston, Texas. Graduated from Texas State in 1971 with a BS in Industrial Arts including a Teaching Certificate in 1973.
Retired from the oil and gas trade in 2012. During this time I purchased our house in 2005 in Kingsland and moved here permanently in 2012.
I have been involved in community activities since retirement. Serving as President of Lions Club in 2015. Nominated as person of the Year for the Chamber of Commerce in 2016. I am a member of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Marble Falls and have served as a Ruling Elder. Meals on Wheels driver and Hope Helping Center volunteer.
I am pleased to have been elected to the KMUD Directors as of May, 2018.
I have been married to Donna Wolfe Martin for 50 years.
I moved from Huntington Beach, California to Kingsland in January 1990 and purchased the Kingsland Lodge on Lake LBJ. We purchased the El Rio CITGO gas station in 1997 and operated both until 2006. I became a Realtor in January 2004 and work for Century 21 Landmasters in the Kingsland office.
I have served on the Chamber of Commerce Board and currently am in the Kingsland Lions Club, a member of Genesis Lutheran Church and on the steering committee for Scott and White Hospital.
I have been on the Kingsland Municipal Board for 10 years and currently hold the position of Vice-President. I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to serve and have seen many positive changes that have been made. I look forward to serving in the community to make Kingsland a better place to live.
Lorean Sindelar has been a resident of Kingsland since 1996. Before retiring here, she and her husband, Ed, lived in Austin, where she taught elementary school.
Lorean was first elected to the KMUD Board in 2006. She is currently serving her second term, which expires in 2014. She is Chairman of the Extension Committee and the Insurance Committee, and she serves on the Safety Committee and the Property and Easement Committee.
Lorean and Ed own Twin Isles RV Park, as well as owning property at Magnolia Beach at Port Lavaca. Their hobbies include camping, boating, traveling, dominoes and other table games.
Her biggest pleasure in serving on the KMUD Board is helping to plan KMUD’s future growth, while managing to reduce the tax rate and keep the monthly service charge stable.
Pursuant to Chapter 176 of the Local Government Code, all vendors and other persons contracting or seeking to contract with the District (a local government entity) for the sale or purchase of property, goods or services must file a Conflict of Interest Questionnaire, developed by the Texas Ethics Commission.
For further information relating to the compliance with Chapter 176 of the Local Government Code, please consult your own legal counsel. Compliance is the responsibility of each individual, business, and agent who is subject to the law’s filing requirement.
No Conflict Disclosure Statements have been received at this time.
To be qualified to serve as a member of a municipal utility district’s board of directors, an individual must be (a) at least 18 years of age, (b) a resident citizen of the State of Texas and (c) either own land subject to taxation within the district or be a qualified voter within the district. Tex. Water Code § 54.102. A person is disqualified from serving as a member of the board of directors if such person (a) is a developer (sub-divider of real-estate for the purpose of resale) of property in the district, (b) provides professional services to either the district or a developer in the district, or (c) is a party to a contract with the district or a developer in the district relating to the district or property within the district, other than a contract for the purchase of utility service or the purchase or conveyance of residential or commercial property for such person’s use. Tex. Water Code § 49.052(a)(3), (4) & (5). A person is also disqualified from serving as a member of the board of directors if such person either is related within the third degree of affinity of consanguinity to or is an employee of (a) a developer of property within the district, (b) any other member of the board of directors, or (c) any person providing professional services to the district. Tex. Water Code § 49.052(a)(1) & (2). If a vacancy on the board of director’s arises, a person is not qualified to be appointed to fill such vacancy if such person resigned from the board (a) in the two years preceding the vacancy date or (b) on or after the vacancy date but before the vacancy is filled or if such person was defeated in a directors election conducted by the district in the two years preceding the vacancy date. Tex. Water Code § 54.103.
§ 54.102. QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS. To be qualified to serve as a director, a person shall be at least 18 years old, a resident citizen of the State of Texas, and either own land subject to taxation in the district or be a qualified voter within the district.
(2) was defeated in a directors election held by the district in the two years preceding the vacancy date.
§ 49.052. DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS.
(6) during the term of office, fails to maintain the qualifications required by law to serve as a director.
(b) Within 60 days after the board determines a relationship or employment exists which constitutes a disqualification under Subsection (a), it shall replace the person serving as a member of the board with a person who would not be disqualified.
(c) Any person who willfully occupies an office as a member of a board and exercises the powers and duties of that office when disqualified under the provisions of Subsection (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
(d) As used in this section, "developer of property in the district" means any person who owns land located within a district covered under this section and who has divided or proposes to divide the land into two or more parts for the purpose of laying out any subdivision or any tract of land or any addition to any town or city, or for laying out suburban lots or building lots, or any lots, streets, alleys, or parks or other portions intended for public use, or the use of purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto.
(e) Any rights obtained by any third party through official action of a board covered by this section are not impaired or affected by the disqualification under this section of any member of the board to serve, provided that the third party had no knowledge at the time the rights were obtained of the fact that the member of the board was disqualified to serve.
(f) This section shall not apply to special water authorities, districts described in Section 49.181(h)(4), or a district where the principal function of the district is to provide irrigation water to agricultural lands or to provide nonpotable water for any purpose.
(g) A board by unanimous vote of its remaining members may remove a board member only if that board member has missed one-half or more of the regular meetings scheduled during the prior 12 months. Any board member so removed may file a written appeal with the commission within 30 days after receiving written notice of the board action. The commission may reinstate a removed director if the commission finds that the removal was unwarranted under the circumstances, including the reasons for absences, the time and place of the meetings missed, the business conducted at the meetings missed, and any other facts or circumstances the commission may deem relevant.
(h) This subsection applies only to a district that is located wholly within the boundaries of a municipality with a population of more than 1.5 million, that is governed by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, and that is governed by an appointed board consisting of nine or more members. Notwithstanding Subsection (f) or (g), a person is considered to have resigned from serving as a member of the board if the person fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the board. The remaining board members by majority vote may waive the resignation under this subsection if fairness requires that the absences be excused on the basis of illness or other good cause.
(i) Notwithstanding any other law, a director is eligible to serve on the board of a district governed by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, regardless of the municipality in which the director resides, if: (1) the district is located within the boundaries of a municipality with a population of more than 1.8 million; and (2) all or a part of the district is located more than five miles from the downtown city hall of that municipality.
§ 171.002. SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN BUSINESS ENTITY.
(a) For purposes of this chapter, a person has a substantial interest in a business entity if: (1) the person owns 10 percent or more of the voting stock or shares of the business entity or owns either 10 percent or more or $15,000 or more of the fair market value of the business entity; or (2) funds received by the person from the business entity exceed 10 percent of the person's gross income for the previous year.
(b) A person has a substantial interest in real property if the interest is an equitable or legal ownership with a fair market value of $2,500 or more.
(c) A local public official is considered to have a substantial interest under this section if a person related to the official in the first degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, has a substantial interest under this section.
§ 171.004. AFFIDAVIT AND ABSTENTION FROM VOTING REQUIRED.
(a) If a local public official has a substantial interest in a business entity or in real property, the official shall file, before a vote or decision on any matter involving the business entity or the real property, an affidavit stating the nature and extent of the interest and shall abstain from further participation in the matter if: (1) in the case of a substantial interest in a business entity the action on the matter will have a special economic effect on the business entity that is distinguishable from the effect on the public; or (2) in the case of a substantial interest in real property, it is reasonably foreseeable that an action on the matter will have a special economic effect on the value of the property, distinguishable from its effect on the public.
(b) The affidavit must be filed with the official record keeper of the governmental entity.
(c) If a local public official is required to file and does file an affidavit under Subsection (a), the official is not required to abstain from further participation in the matter requiring the affidavit if a majority of the members of the governmental entity of which the official is a member is composed of persons who are likewise required to file and who do file affidavits of similar interests on the same official action.
§ 171.005. VOTING ON BUDGET.
(a) The governing body of a governmental entity shall take a separate vote on any budget item specifically dedicated to a contract with a business entity in which a member of the governing body has a substantial interest.
(b) Except as provided by Section 171.004(c), the affected member may not participate in that separate vote. The member may vote on a final budget if: (1) the member has complied with this chapter; and (2) the matter in which the member is concerned has been resolved.

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