Copperas Cove city council accepts Youngs resignation, calls for special election

By LYNETTE SOWELL

Cove Leader-Press

The Copperas Cove city council held an executive session during its meeting Tuesday night and emerged to vote unanimously to accept the resignation of Place 7 councilman Charlie Youngs, effective Saturday, August 24.

Youngs came under fire after a video feed of an Aug. 13 city council meeting showed him making a crude gesture from the dais, a gesture Youngs said was not directed at Place 5 councilman Kirby Lack, but to an individual in the audience who he said had threatened to come to his house and kick his “freaking butt.”

Youngs had a little more than one year left to his term, which would have been up in November 2020.

After voting to accept Youngs’ resignation, the council called for a special election to be held on Nov. 5, along with the general election. The election will be held to fill the unexpired portion of the Place 7 term.

Kevin Keller, the city’s public information officer, issued a press release Tuesday evening announcing that the city had posted a public notice, giving a deadline to file to run for Place 7, now that it is vacant.

Applications for a place on the City of Copperas Cove Special Election Ballot may be filed from September 3, through September 26, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Candidate packets are currently available in the City Secretary’s Office and on the City’s website at http://www.copperascovetx.gov/city_secretary/election_information/, where they may be downloaded and printed.

The physical address for filing applications in person is 914 S. Main Street, Suite D, Copperas Cove; mailing address is P.O. Drawer 1449, Copperas Cove, TX 76522.

Questions or concerns should be directed to Lisa Wilson, City Secretary, at lwilson@copperascovetx.gov or (254)547-4221.