Cypress City Council
Who sits on the Cypress city council, how long they've served, when each seat is next on the ballot — and how each member has actually voted, item by item, from the official record.
mixed · mayor: rotated-by-council · term limits: Cypress is a charter city. Per the city charter the council elects the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from among its members in even-numbered years (Mayor is not directly elected). City sources indicate the charter imposes council term limits (commonly reported as two consecutive four-year terms), but the exact charter-section text could not be retrieved because the charter/full-text page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches. No current member is near any limit — all five are in their first term. · on the Nov 2026 ballot: Districts 1, 2, and 5. These are the three seats currently held on an at-large/holdover basis by David Burke, Bonnie Peat, and Rachel Strong Carnahan; they are the last at-large seats converting to by-district on the November 2026 ballot. Districts 3 and 4 were already filled by district in November 2024 (terms to December 2028).
Vote records digitized from 2026-03-10 to 2026-08-25 (9 meetings, 142 individual votes). Sources: official minutes and meeting records linked on every line.
Bonnie Peat
David Burke
Kyle Chang
Leo Medrano
Rachel Strong Carnahan
Recent divided votes
| Date | Item | Outcome | Voted no | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | troduce an ordinance approving the Development Agreement with the proposed changes. The motion was carried by the following electronic vote: | 3-1 passed | Rachel Strong Carnahan | record |
| 2026-07-14 | consideration of the item to the City Council meeting of Tuesday, August 25, 2026. The motion was carried by the following electronic vote: | 3-1 passed | Bonnie Peat | record |
| 2026-06-09 | the settlement agreement and authorize the City Manager to serve as the signatory. The motion was carried by the following electronic vote: | 3-1 passed | Bonnie Peat | record |
| 2026-03-10 | g Carnahan, to approve the 2026 Federal and State Legislative Platform as proposed. The motion was carried by the following electronic vote: | 4-1 passed | Kyle Chang | record |
| 2026-03-10 | emoval of duplicate language only. The motion failed for lack of a second. The original motion was carried by the following electronic vote: | 4-1 passed | Bonnie Peat | record |
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