Approximately $18,000 is the price tag for Kyle to hold a May 4 special election to fill the District 3 city council seat vacated earlier this month.

On Saturday, the Kyle City Council voted 6-0 on second and final reading to call the special election to replace longtime member Shane Arabie.

But the decision didn’t come without debate as city officials sparred on the number of early voting and Election Day polling locations for the District 3 seat. 

District 3 is one of three at-large, or ...