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Show in, im rase QjirDworD e Ashley Valley Water and Sewer dement District election for two 'embers is over, but who is to be "ion the board of directors hasn't i'jej determined. juisMott, who received the most 'xinlast Wednesday's election, will "lave to prove, by legal action, Jjer he qualifies for a seat on the .-i of directors. i jtcould be disqualified because of solution in the District's by-laws stipulates that no more than two : j members can represent a act. js Robert Turner and Gaylon ! already represent the Naples .act on the board, Mott's Nations for candidacy were icoed but the District's Clerk Ray gh put Mott and Larry Prof fitt, who "is in Maeser, on the ballot and litem 60 days to qualify. ; rethought that Mott could be ad on the board if Robert Turner aed as may have been indicated :retheelection. But Monday Turner A any intention that he would Essaying "that now things are so dj.I'm not going to resign." lirry Hacking who ran on a write-in -paign received the second highest a, 411, and clearly qualified for a i! on the board. Lee Rosenhan received 381 and Lyle McKeachnie received 315. Larry Proffitt received 79 votes. By precinct McKeachnie received 82 votes from Glines, his home precinct; 21 votes from Ashley, 158 from Naples and 75 votes in Davis. Mott received 109 votes from Glines, 95 from Ashley, 114 from Naples, his home precinct and 106 from David. Rosenhan received 110 from Glines, 34 from Ashley, his home precinct, 160 from Naples and 77 from Davis. Hacking received 137 from Glines, his home precinct, 92 from Ashley, 102 from Naples and 80 from Davis. Hacking will begin his term of office Jan. 6, 1982 when he will be given the oath of office at the district's Wednesday Wed-nesday meeting. If Mott hasn't qualified, his seat will remain vacant until he qualifies or the Uintah County Commissioners appoint a director. The terms of Lee Rosenhan and Lyle McKeachnie, chairman of the board, will end at the first of the year. Write-in candidate Larry Hacking said he would be very upset if Dennis (Mott) has to spend money to become qualified." He also said he thought the election was handled improperly with people being told they couldn't write in his, name and the registration records being inaccurate. Dennis Mott said he intends to fight for his seat on the board of directors by filing for a legal ruling on the matter. Tn an effort to resolve the problem of Mott's qualifying for the board, district attorneys have been meeting with board members this week. In the Maeser Water Improvement District the two incumbents Douglas Lawson and Lorin (Pudge) Merkley regained their positions on the board. Their two contenders Roger Hacking and Corey Grua ran on the platform of one treatment plant for the entire valley, opposed to two now planned by Maeser and the Ashley Valley Culinary Water Users Association. Lawson received 280 votes, Merkley received 289, Hacking received 84 and Grua received 114. Receiving the most votes in the Jensen Water Improvement District were Meril Snow with 62 votes and Richard Tolley with 57 votes. Others receiving votes in the Jensen Water Improvement District were Lynn Morrill with 52, John Rasmussen 44, Snow and Bill Thompson, 26, Devier Dudley 10 and Ken Jennings with six votes. The large number of candidates in the Jensen election can be attributed to a drastic increase in population in Jensen and the need for water services. |
