Sunset Valley residents will elect a mayor and three council members as well as vote Nov. 8 on whether to implement a new sales tax increase. Council and mayor The city will hold a general election Nov. 8 for the seats currently held by Mayor Rose Cardona, Council Member Mickie Powers and Council Member Walter Jenkins, whose terms are expiring. All three seats are for two-year terms, and the last day to file for a place on the ballot is Aug. 22. Sunset Valley will also hold a special election on the same date for the seat held by Council Member Jeff Burdett, who resigned in July. The new council member will complete the remainder of Burdett's term, which will be one year. Council voted in late July to call for both elections on the ballot. Sales tax increase A proposition was also added to the ballot to create a crime control district and to implement an eighth-of-a-percent sales tax increase, which will be used to fund new city police department facilities, City Administrator Clay Collins said. “[The sales tax increase] would generate about $400,000 per year, and so that’s rolled into all of our projections of planning for the new facilities,” Collins said, noting the sales tax will be the same as Austin’s if voters approve the ballot measure. With the change, a shopper spending $100 would pay 12.5 cents in sales tax, he said. Sunset Valley City Council heard a presentation July 19 on schematics and design for the proposed new facilities. More information about Sunset Valley elections is available at www.sunsetvalley.org.