Cody Smith, the mayor of Uvalde, Texas, announced his resignation Monday, effective immediately.

I want to thank members of the Uvalde community for their thoughts and prayers during my ongoing recovery from unexpected medical issues I have experienced in recent weeks, Smith said in a news release on Monday. After much consultation and prayer, I have decided to resign as mayor of the City of Uvalde to focus on my health. It has been a great honor to serve the city and community I love, and I have great confidence that Mayor Pro-Tem Everardo Zamora will serve with honor until the next mayor is elected on Nov. 5, 2024.

The resignation comes a day before a scheduled City Council meeting. Victims families were hopeful that council members would announce whether theyll accept a report from Jesse Prado, a private investigator and former police detective from Austin, Texas, but in a statement to HuffPost, the Uvalde city council said they wouldnt address it. Prado said in his report that the police officers who responded to the 2022 mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers acted in good faith. Parents of the victims were outraged by the report and demanded that the City Council denounce it.