BY ELENI HIMARAS
reporter@ltview.com
As filing deadlines for the May election passed this week, local municipalities announced the candidates for upcoming races. They are as follows.

 LAKEWAY
Current Councilman Dave DeOme and Jerry Stein will vie for the mayor’s seat that Steve Swan will leave behind. Councilmen Bob Neighbors and Don Karges opted not to run for re-election so incumbent Alan Tye and newcomers Joe D. Bain, Jr., Dennis Wallace and Chris Wood will compete for three vacant seats on the board.
The Lakeway City Council meets every third Monday and each councilmember will be expected to act as a liaison to another city department.
The office is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information call 314-7506.
BEE CAVE
Six candidates have filed for the three open seats on the Bee Cave City Council. They are Stephen England, Bob Dorsett, Jr., Jack McCool, Rusty Kilgo, and Incumbent Councilmen Steve Braasch and Bill Goodwin.
The city will also have a proposition item on the ballot asking “Shall the City Council of the City of Bee Cave, Texas, be re-authorized to impose the local sales and use tax in the City of Bee Cave, Texas at the rate of one-fourth of one percent to continue providing revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets?”
The Bee Cave City Council meets every second and fourth Tuesday of the month and like Lakeway, council members are expected act as a liaison to one city board or department. Bee Cave City Hall, 4000 Galleria Parkway, is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information call 767-6640.
BRIARCLIFF
While the Briarcliff municipal government will be shuffled a bit in 2009, there will not be any new faces. Current Alderman Al Hostetler is running unopposed for mayor while current Mayor Robert Pigg and incumbent Alderman Linda Aldrich are running unchecked for the two vacant seats on the board.
The Village of Briarcliff offices are located at 402 Sleat Drive, Briarcliff. It is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information call 264-2274.
THE HILLS
Mayor Virginia Jones has chosen not to run again, leaving Steve Leipsner and Doug Lindgren vying for the vacant spot. Incumbent Aldermen Lloyd Troelzsch and J.R. Smith will run unimpeded for the board. The board meets at 1:15 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month.
The Village of the Hills Offices, located at 102 Trophy Drive, The Hills, is open from 8:30 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The office For more information call 261-6281.
LTISD
Incumbents Jim Cummings, Place 1, and Kim Nixon, Place 2, have opted not to run for reelection on the Lake Travis Independent School District Board of Trustees.
Guy Clayton is running unopposed for the vacant seat left by Cummings while Lisa Kay Johnson and David K. Lovelace will contend for Place 2.
The LTISD administrative office, just off of RR 620 at 3322 RR 620 South, is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information, call 533-6000.
Because it is an odd-numbered year, the Lakeway Municipal Utility District, Water District #17 and the Hurst Creek Municipal Utility District will not hold elections.
The last day to register to vote in the May 9 election is April 9. Citizens can find registration centers at the Travis County Web site or stop by their local city hall.