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Show I WcDowprfd, Peterson, Bowser Sweep Citfy Elections Vwesdwy . " ' : i i 1 ;- ) ft Moyor-fecf AlcDoigod vs a result ol voter action here Tuesday ..Moab ..Mo-ab will have a new Mayor and three new Council-men Council-men come the first of (he year, even (hough only two Council seats were up for gratis in the election. Councilman William 1). Me Donna Id was the top vole-getter among five candidates Cor the Mayor's May-or's post. He edged out other front-runners, Tom Stocks and incumbent two term Mayor Win ford Hunce to win the election elec-tion with a total of 4.r!) votes. Mr. Slocks totaled total-ed 452 and Hunce 383, with candidates Curt Robertson Ro-bertson getting 191 and Steven Winchell 17. Mr. Stocks led the race during dur-ing the early part of the evening, and it wasn't until un-til the final voting district dis-trict came in thai McDougald Mc-Dougald went ahead by seven voles. City Recorder Maxine Smith stated Wednesday that only six absentee votes vot-es were still out. If these come in postmarked on Tuesday or before, they may make the race close enough to warrant a recount, re-count, but they could not alter the standing of candidates. can-didates. In the race for City Council, auto dealer Keith Peterson, who has been serving as President of the Moab Chamber of Commerce, was a big vote getter. His total of 806 will place him on the Moab City Council come January. Jerry Honser, owner of the Apache Motel, Mo-tel, was also a big winner, win-ner, with a total of 654 votes. Others in the Council Coun-cil race were "Sug" Bailey. Bai-ley. 496: J. Kay Hawks, 541: and Jim Chmielew-ski. Chmielew-ski. 396. The new Mayor's elevation ele-vation to the top job will create another vacancy on the City Council. Mr. McDougald was mid-way through his fourth term on the Council. At the time he resigns to assume his new duties, the City Council Coun-cil will appoint a new member to fill the vacancy. vacan-cy. Although it is not a legal requirement, previous prev-ious City Councils have chosen appointees from unsuccessful candidates in previous Council elections. el-ections. If that course is followed again, incumbent Kay Hawks would be a strong contender, since he ran in the number three position in Tuesday's voting. vot-ing. The election of Mr. McDougald Mc-Dougald as Mayor will also al-so mean another big change for Moab City. Mr. McDougald has stated stat-ed on numerous occasions during the campaign that it was not his intention of becoming a full-time Mayor. He is advocating the employment of a professional pro-fessional City Recorder, who would be the full-time full-time manager of the City's day-to-day business. busi-ness. This was the system sys-tem used by Moab City until eight years ago when Winford Bunce was elected elect-ed Mayor and reorganized reorganiz-ed the structure to become be-come a full-time administrator. admin-istrator. Balloting Tuesday was the heaviest, by far, in the history of Moab Municipal Mu-nicipal Elections. A total to-tal of 1,507 people wenl to the polls, out of 2,326 registered. The 64 vo- ' i V F ' ; Li V, ; Mr. Peterson rv.. r - J L I Mr. Bonser s " : ter turnout was indicative of the high interest sparked spark-ed in the voting public by the active campaigning of various candidates. |
