Herren appointed to fill vacant McLendon-Chisholm city council seat

(MCLENDON-CHISHOLM, TX — March 1, 2017) Last night the McLendon-Chisholm City Council appointed Mr. Jim Herren to fill the seat left vacant by the untimely death of Councilman Jerry Klutts. The unanimous vote follows the previous decision by the council that was made just before the candidate filing deadline, which would have put that decision in the hands of voters in a Special Election. However, once the deadline had passed, Jim Herren was the only candidate to file for Mr. Klutts vacated seat, which prompted the council to cancel the special election in a special meeting last week and then appoint Mr. Herren at last night’s meeting. He was sworn in immediately following the vote to appoint.

In an address to the council before the vote, Mr. Herren said, “I believe that those in government should be accountable to the people, transparent in all its actions, and responsive to the will of the majority.”

Jim Herren takes the oath of office for McLendon-Chisholm City Council to fill the seat left vacant by the untimely death of Councilman Jerry Klutts as City Secretary, Stephanie Galanides, looks on.

Adrienne Balkum is also running unopposed for the seat that is currently held by Gary Lovell, who did not file to run for re-election.

Both Herren and Balkum have announced that they still plan to run a campaign, but as a ticket alongside Mr. Scott Turnbull, the only candidate facing opposition in the race to fill the seat that is currently held by Patrick Short, who announced that he would not be running for re-election. All three candidates helped in last year’s successful tax rollback ballot initiative and campaigned for Wayne Orchard and Robert Steinhagen who were both elected by wide margins.

Jim is a fiscal conservative and proven leader who believes that government must be accountable, responsible and transparent to its citizens.

He was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. He proudly served in both the United States Air Force and the United States Government for over thirty years, twenty of those years serving within the elite Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) at Fort Bragg, NC.

Jim and his family chose McLendon-Chisolm because of the open spaces, larger lots, and lower taxes. Jim is currently the Director of Aircraft Integration and Innovation. He oversees the integration and installation of state of the art airborne satellite systems on to the United States Air Force’s elite Blue and White fleet of aircraft. These aircraft include the VC-25A which is better known as “Air Force One” when the President is onboard.

Jim has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Campbell University, and a Master of Arts in Computer Resource and Information Management from Webster University.

A devoted husband Jim of 36 years, a father of two daughters, and is a grandfather. Jim and his family actively attend Lakeshore Church.

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