Mayor and City Council

Mary’s civic activities include serving on the Board of Directors for the Live Oak Economic Development Corporation, active participation in the Northeast Partnership, Honorary Commander Randolph Air Force Base, Randolph Metro Chamber, Bowden Charter of Business/Professional Women, National Council of Negro Women - Ruth Jones McClendon Chapter, Commissioner on the Mayor’s Commission for the Status of Women and San Antonio Commission on Literacy, City Public Service Citizen Advisory Committee (CPS), San Antonio Water Systems (SAWS) Citizen Advisory Committee, Chairwoman of the Bexar County Suburban Cities Committee, alternate member for Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), Treasurer of the Greater Bexar County Council of Cities, TML Board of Directors of the Finance Nominating Committee, Executive Board Director for the Texas Association of Black City Council Members (TABCCM), past Vice President of the Northeast Partnership, member of the Judson ISD Bond Committee, Chair of the Judson ISD Facilities Committee, member of the San Antonio International Council of Visitors and E-Rotary Club, Committee member of the National League of Cities Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Board Chair of the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool and 2016/2017 President for the Texas Municipal League (TML). Mayor Dennis is looking forward to continuing to serve TML, all Regions and Live Oak community.

Mary is a Sam Houston High School graduate, attended Our Lady of the Lake University, and is a licensed mortician. She has one daughter, Christina Bright, and three grandchildren: Cierra, Chase, and Christine. Mary epitomizes the power of persistence as well as the incomparable power of an abiding faith in God.

Dr. Perez is a proud three-time alumni of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston. She practices as a board-certified adult and geriatric nurse practitioner who is also board-certified as a subspecialist in palliative and hospice care. She is recognized as an expert and pioneer in Supportive Palliative Care.

She serves Texans as a noted team-builder, effective advocate and bill drafter across the settings and roles. She is active across multiple state, national and international nursing, health care and policy organizations. She is Chair for the Texas Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. Currently, she leads Team Texas as one of six states selected by the National State Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation for their new national Serious Illness Institute two-year project.

In her first term, Dr. Perez has served as an appointee to the Texas Municipal League (TML) Legislative Summitt and involved with the Texas Association of Hispanic Municipal Officials (AHMO). Live Oak is an active partner in the National League of Cities (NLC). Dr. Perez serves in the NLC, Women in Municipal Government (WIMG) and the Hispanic Elected Officials (HELO).

Dr. Perez looks forward to the future with the deepest gratitude and appreciation for the Live Oak community’s support. She is honored and blessed to continue her efforts in public service to improve the health and quality of life for her premier community of Live Oak and great state of Texas where the community lives, learns, works, and plays.

Cimics was also an Honorary Commander at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Air Force Base from 2000-2008. During his time in Live Oak, Cimics also volunteered for over a decade with the Fire Department and eventually became an EMT. Cimics is a TML Certified Municipal Officer and enjoys seeing the growth that Live Oak has experienced throughout his tenure as a Councilman, which started in 2010. He is also a Member of the Live Oak Economic Development Corporation. Cimics continues to be very active in our community by serving on several civic organizations such as LOCAP (Live Oak Citizens Assisting Police). In his spare time, Cimics enjoys traveling with his wife Peggy. They have taken over 18 various cruises.

In 2010, upon realizing stability in his professional endeavors, Dahl sought to contribute more to his local community. With his experience and background in development and construction, the logical first step was planning & zoning. Once a vacancy became available, Dahl applied for, and was unanimously appointed as an alternate member of the Live Oak Planning & Zoning board in 2010. During his short time on Planning & Zoning, Dahl offered unique insight and critical risk reward perspectives from the vantage point of a city regarding future development and implications of the board’s decisions. Dahl religiously attended Planning & Zoning meetings and also began routinely attending City Council meetings as well where he grew frustrated with one council member’s apparent focus on special interests and lack of commitment. Dahl knew this was not good for the future of Live Oak and he could do better. Dahl ran for City Council place 5 on a platform of common sense solutions for the greater good of the city. He was elected to City Council in May, 2011.

During his tenure on the City Council, Dahl has remained true to his initial values of financial security, support for police and fire and maintenance and improvements to the City. Dahl was the leading voice in the move to demolish and sell off the former Live Oak Civic Center and support a market study for a new hotel and conference center, paving the way for the development of the Hilton Garden Inn and Live Oak Conference Center in February, 2016. Dahl was a strong advocate of economic incentives to secure the development of IKEA and The Live Oak Town Center. Recently, he has been a strong supporter of the City of Live Oak Parks Master Plan and required improvements. Dahl continues to evaluate and support positive development opportunities within the limits of our city.

Dahl has seen four city managers and has run for reelection six times, unopposed. Dahl holds true to his core beliefs of rendering common sense decisions that are right for the community as a whole.