Updated 5:40 p.m.

Hays CISD trustee Shaun Bosar announced Dec. 9 he is stepping down from the board of trustees after more than two years of service.

Bosar, who was elected in 2011, is moving his family to the Houston area and will, therefore, be ineligible to represent the district.

The trustee sat at the dais for the last time in a meeting held Dec. 9.

"With a heavy heart, obviously, I must step down from my position as board trustee effective immediately due to the loss of my (residency)," Bosar said. "Hays CISD will always be in my heart, and I sincerely hope that this district continues to grow in size and quality. To all those people I have grown to call friends in the community I say one last time, thank you."

The board discussed in closed session how it would move forward after the District 1 trustee's resignation.

Bosar's term was slated to run until the May 2014 elections, but calling a special election before then would be a costly endeavor, district spokesman Tim Savoy said.

A decision is forthcoming at next week's meeting on Dec. 16.

Besides calling a special election to fill the vacancy, the board could decide to let it remain vacant until the next election or come up with a process for selecting a replacement in the interim.

Options include accepting applications from the public and then making a decision based on the board's review or nominating people and drawing their names from a hat, Savoy said.

Bosar works for ChemWest Systems in Austin as an operations manager. He is moving to the company's Houston facility to take a position as a product line manager, he said.

His resignation, however, is technically unofficial until a replacement has been named due to the holdover doctrine in the state constitution.

If Bosar were to participate in voting at future meetings, the one item on which he would not be able to vote would be naming his replacement.

While his departure from the board is "bittersweet," he said it would present an opportunity to someone else in the community to be engaged in the process of governing a school district.

"I hope that next person is focused on the right things," he said.