Heath Mayor and Two Council Members Unopposed, Sworn In May 12

The City of Heath posted a public notice saying, “The offices of Mayor and Council Member Places 3 and 5 are unopposed in the May 2, 2026 General Election,” in a news item dated Feb. 18, 2026 (timestamps shown 2026-02-18 15:21:32 and 2026-02-18 15:21:38). The city identified the incumbents and the election outcome on its official site and accompanying graphic styled like the Texas flag.

The same city post states, “As a result, Mayor Jeremiah McClure and Council Members Scott Dodson and Ryan Moorman will be sworn in for their second terms at the May 12, 2026 City Council meeting (meeting date is subject to change).” The post characterizes the three as entering second terms and specifies the swearing-in is expected at the regular council meeting, while noting the meeting date could change.

City officials provided multiple ways for residents and media to verify details or seek more information. City Hall is located at 200 Laurence Drive, Heath, TX 75032, with business hours Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m. (excluding public holidays). Telephone contacts listed on the notice include 972-771-6228 for business hours and 972-771-7724 for after-hours non-emergency; the emergency number remains 911. The post lists cityhall@heathtx.com for email inquiries, an online Contact Form, and the My Heath mobile app and QR code to receive alerts.

The city post does not provide vote totals, and it does not assign Scott Dodson or Ryan Moorman to Place 3 or Place 5 in the text provided. The original brief notice mirrored the unopposed declaration but included an incomplete sentence; the City of Heath’s Feb. 18 post supplies the clearer swearing-in schedule but leaves place-number mapping and vote certification details unreported on the page.

Other contemporaneous local election returns were reported separately by The Current. Those results include Fulton County Board of Education totals - Barry Lynn Patrick 165, Rob Garrigan 115, Kimberly Hagler 74 - and Fulton Independent School District totals - Carol Bransford 284, Austin Ferrell 231, Christy T. Pettigrew 228, Rea Jones 175. The Current also reported David S. Prater, Jr. running unopposed for Mayor of Fulton with 352 votes; City of Hickman Mayor Heath Carlton unopposed with 252 votes; and a slate of Fulton County constable and judicial vote totals listed on its results page.

Residents or reporters seeking confirmation of the May 12 swearing-in time, whether the oath will be administered during a regular agenda item or special session, or whether the meeting will be open to the public or livestreamed can contact City Hall at 972-771-6228, email cityhall@heathtx.com, or follow @cityofheath and the My Heath app to “GET NOTIFIED” about council agendas, emergency alerts, and city news as described on the city’s public notice.