Photo courtesy Jerry HammerlunJerry Hammerlun ran unopposed for Georgetown City Council District 5, a seat previously held by Pat Berryman.
Georgetown City Council will consider a resolution to cancel the city's May elections at a future meeting. Only two candidates filed for places on the May 12 ballot, including District 1 incumbent Patty Eason and Jerry Hammerlun, who will take Pat Berryman's District 5 seat. Berryman did not seek re-election.
"It was an easy decision [to run for council]. No. 1 I think Georgetown is the greatest place in the state of Texas," Hammerlun said. "The incumbent was leaning in the direction of not running again. I started doing my homework and research and decided it was something I thought I would be good at. I decided to do it to give something back to the city, which has been great to my family."
Hammerlun lived in Georgetown from 1992 to 2003 when his job took him to Fort Worth. In January 2011, he and his wife moved back to Georgetown into the Berry Creek neighborhood. His children are graduates of Georgetown High School, he said.
