On February 10, 2025, Katy’s city council voted to put the following proposed charter amendments on the May 3, 2025, ballot:

City of Katy Proposition A SHALL THE CITY OF KATY CHARTER BE AMENDED BY AMENDING SECTION 1(B), ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF THE MAYOR, OF ARTICLE III, THE MAYOR, BY ALLOWING THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO RETAIN VOTING PRIVILEGES AND COUNT TOWARDS QUORUM, BUT REMOVING THE POWER OF THE VETO WHEN ACTING IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR?

City of Katy Proposition B

SHALL THE CITY OF KATY CHARTER BE AMNDED BY AMENDING SECTION 5, VACANCY, OF ARTICLE III, THE

MAYOR, TO REMOVE THE AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION OF THE MAYOR UPON FILING TO BECOME A CANDIDATE

FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE IF SUCH FILING OCCURS WHEN THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF

THE OFFICE THEN HELD DOES NOT EXCEED ONE YEAR AND THIRTY (30) DAYS?


City of Katy Proposition C

SHALL THE CITY OF KATY CHARTER BE AMENDED BY AMENDING SECTION 4, VACANCY, OF ARTICLE IV, THE

COUNCIL, TO REMOVE THE AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION OF A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL UPON FILING TO

BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE IF SUCH FILING OCCURS WHEN

THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF THE OFFICE THEN HELD DOES NOT EXCEED ONE YEAR AND THIRTY (30) DAYS?


City of Katy Proposition D

SHALL THE CITY OF KATY CHARTER BE AMENDED BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (B)(2) OF SECTION 6, POWERS

OF THE MAYOR, OF ARTICLE III, THE MAYOR, TO PROVIDE DEPARTMENT HEADS REMOVED BY THE MAYOR TO

SEEK REINSTATEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT THROUGH AN APPEAL TO CITY COUNCIL?


City of Katy Proposition E

SHALL THE CITY OF KATY CHARTER BE AMENDED BY AMENDING SECTION 2, TERM, OF ARTICLE IV, THE

COUNCIL, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE TERMS FOR THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER FROM

TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS TO FOUR CONSECUTIVE TERMS, INCLUSIVE OF TIME ALREADY SERVED, AND

PROHIBIT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM SERVING AS A COUNCILMEMBER, WHETHER IN WARD A, WARD B, OR AT LARGE, FOR MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONSECUTIVE TERMS?


Reference the Katy Home Rule Charter here: https://ecode360.com/38865091 or contact elections@cityofkaty.com for more information.