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Show Voters gi ve iiocJ to new mayors, Olympics ' . Record numbers of voters turned out to cast their ballots all across the county. Some cities reported three times the normal numbers. "We've had more voters this year than we did during the presidential election," elec-tion," said one North Salt Lake voting judge. City officials attributed the increase in-crease to the Olympic issue which passed by a comfortable margin, In south Davis County, four new mayors will lead the six cities in January. The only incumbent to run unopposed was North Salt Lake's Mayor Jake Simmons. In Bountiful, Bob Linnell won the mayoral race over his opponent . George' Bur-bidge. Bur-bidge. Centerville Mayor Dean Argyle chose not to seek a second term and Michael Kjar ran unopposed for the position. In Farmington where 70 percent or the registered voters cast their ballots, incumbent Mayor Robert Arbuckle ran against contender Don White. Arbuckle defeated White who gave up his council position to run for mayor. r West Bountiful Mayor Jerry Thompson did not seek reelection. Three candidates, Carl Johnson, Keith Salmon and Bruce Talbot, vied for the title. Johnson was the top vote-getter and won by a margin v of 88 votes over the nearest contender.'. con-tender.'. In Woods Cross incumbent , Ralph Argyle chose not to run, and Councilman David Wright ran unopposed for the position. Following are election results for each city. Bountiful In one of the closest elections ever held in Bountiful, Renee Coon emerged from 80 votes behind with one district unreported to edge ahead of Arnell Heaps and win the election by 28 votes, 5,242 to 5,214. The other city council seat will go to Leslie T. Foy with 5,985 votes. Roger Winslow received 4,256. Former" city councilman Bob Linnell was an easy winner for Bountiful mayor with 6,727, com pared to 4,263 for George S. Biir-bidge. Biir-bidge. Late Tuesday's vote tabulations are unoffical and a canvass of the city's 26 consolidated voting districts was scheduled for today (Wednesday). If the vote difference between Coon and Heaps remains 45 or less, ft CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Voters choose candidates to sliae f 0!u re I I " 1 : ... till! . ill '-: -'s ilfsRi';' . ..-:' : .!- MBMMBMMItllMaift I ..jL A. uiiiui -Til s -mmmmmmm 2 J JAKE SIMMONS DONALD D.MOORE JR. ROBERT ARBUCKLE CARL M.JOHNSON R. MICHAEL KJAR BOB LINN ELL f ' 1! i illiiri i ! t-3 CONTINUED FROM PAGE V Bountiful Heaps could seek a vote-by-yote canvass of all 26 consolidated districts, explained City Recorder Arden Jcnson. Bountiful voters also gave their support to the proposed 1998 Winter Olympics with 7,551 in favor of I'he Olympics and 4,146 against a Ixmding proposal of $56 million for Olympic structures necessary if Utah is to get the Olympic bid. It was a record turnout for a municipal election in Bountiful with 55.9 percent of the city's registered voters casting their ballots. The; previous high for an off-year election was 42 percent two years ago when the proposal for a county jail bond election was a hot issue. RUSS MITCHELL pAUL TOLLER LESLIE T.FOY CRAIG F. HAMMOND RENEECOON f l; hanksemadeni STEVEN M. MANGEL . NATHAN CLARK KENT LIN DSEY .GREGORYS. BELL Centerville Voter turnout in Centerville was heavy with v oters waiting up to 45 minutes in line to cast their ballots for Centervillle city councilmen and to voice their opinion on the Olympics. Olym-pics. R. Michael Kjar ran unopposed for mayor. However, three men were contenders for two city council coun-cil seats. When the last voting district had reported sometime after 12:30 a.m. incumbent councilman Kent Lindsey had 1,562 votes and newcomer Steven Mangel received 1,577. The third man, Robert Grange, received 1,499 votes. Centerville residents voted for the Olympics with 1,780 casting a "yes" vote and 902 a "no" vote. i :: Bruce Talbot's 325. Craig Hammond Ham-mond and Paul Toller will serve as new city councilman. Toller earned 860 votes, and Hammond S83. Losing Los-ing in their bid for councilmen were Tom Ramage with 380 votes and Ronald JLMorse with 273. .. Voters passed, the,. Olympic ferendum byta vote of 773 for and 416againsL -i s- ') - " Woods Cross In Woods Cross, "Voter turn-out seemed to be about twice as big as the last election,,, said Recorder Alan T. Low. David J. Wright Jr. was unopposed unoppos-ed in his bid for Mayor to replace Mayor Ralph Argyle, who decided notto run for another term. , "I don't feel people are unhappy ; ; with the Way the office is now being run, so there won't be any immediate im-mediate changes. I have heard complaints that citizens should.be better informed, but the city council meetings are always open to the public and they are' invited to attend," at-tend," said Wrights; Donald D. Moore Jr. has been elected to a four-year city council 'position. Moore said,"The mosr ; important is(; citizens; discussed with me was the present size of city government-They question whether a city the size of Woods Cross needs a full time planner and city ., administrator." . tl Russell S. Mitchell won his bid for a city council position. Mitchell -j said, "I will do everything within my power to have garbage fees reduced without taking away from the rtormal current services proyid-Z edby thichy?r i ll.. Jn Woods Cross voters' passed uie; j Olympic referendum with 685 yes votes and 487 no votes. m North Salt Lake In North Salt Lake, both incumbents in-cumbents were defeated. Newcomers Lee Twitchell and Nathan Clark were the top vote getters with 740 and 726 respectively. respective-ly. Incumbent Carlin Jacobsen. received 660 votes followed closely by incumbent Ken Millard with 559 votes. Mayor Jake Simmons, who ran unopposed for the position, said he would like to be sure some of the projects started in his first term are-completed are-completed during the next four years. "I would like to see continued con-tinued improvement in the water system, and I would definitely like to see additional street improvement," improve-ment," he said. Voters passed the Olympic referendum re-ferendum by a vote of 865 for, and 573 against Farmington In Farmington with five of eight districts reporting voters have apparently ap-parently re-elected incumbent Robert Arbuckle for a second term as mayor. The count at that time was Arbuckle 923 to Don White's 465. At press time council hopeful I. Hank Semadeni had received 866 votes and the second top vote-getter was Gregory "S." Bell with 806, followed by Ranae Bentley 583, and Larry W. Haugen with 397. The voters passed the Olympic referendum with 912 "yes" votes to 541 "no." West Bountiful Carl Johnson has been elected as the new West Bountiful mayor. Johnson earned 453 votes to his opponents op-ponents Keith Salmon's. 365 and |
