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Elk Ridge voters chose a new mayor Tuesday while residents in Santaquin and Springville rejected bonds. Meanwhile, the fate of the Alpine School bond remained uncertain although it appeared headed for approval.
In Elk Ridge, Hal Shelley defeated Erin Clawson to fill the remainder of Kenneth Lutes' term. Lutes resigned in June, telling residents he needed to concentrate on finding a new distributor for his publishing business. The Town Council appointed Ed Christensen as interim mayor, and Christensen registered as a write-in candidate for the election, but received just 140 votes.
In neighboring Salem, Mayor Stanley Green resigned in May 2010, and Jon Cope was appointed to serve until January 2012. Cope was facing challenger Randy Brailsford. Bu no results were available at press time.
Bonds • Voters in the Alpine School District, Springville and Santaquin were voting on bond issues. Springville voters also voted on a sales tax to pay for recreation and cultural facilities.
Early results showed narrow support for the bond issue in Alpine. The district was seeking approval to borrow $210 million over 25 years to build four new elementary schools, a middle school and a high school, as well as expand and upgrade 12 other schools to cope with growth and make seismic improvements.
In Springville, voters rejected a $21 million bond to build a new recreation center. A proposed 0.1 percent sales tax to pay for recreation and cultural facilities in the city also went down.
Santaquin initially proposed a $9 million bond issue to pay for its share of a new wastewater treatment plant, but when the cost came in above that, the city put in a second bond request for $900,000 to cover the difference. Voters rejected the $9 million bond 699-695, and approved the $900,000 bond 696-693.
The city received $6.35 million in grant money to pay for the project. The bonds would be paid for with sewer revenues.
Provo • With 98 percent of Provo's votes counted, Nu Skin Enterprises executive Gary Garrett was leading in the race for Citywide District 2 seat, formerly held by Steve Turley. Garrett received 71 percent of the votes cast, compared with 29 percent for Yancee M. Hardy.
In Council District 1, Gary Winterton narrowly defeated Bonnie Morrow 681-661. In Council District 3, Hal Miller came from behind to defeat Richard Wood 530-394. And in In Council District 4, with 92 percent of the vote counted, Kay Van Buren was leading Jim Petterson 65-25 percent