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Show i Judd appointed to city council i" iL A1 Resident Don Curtis said he represented rep-resented the south end of West Bountiful and told the council to appoint Judd. Resident Dave Meidell told the council Page Lane and north citizens wanted Steele. "She would give an added balance. bal-ance. Councilman Wendell Wild said he knew all of the candidates and considered them personal friends and that it was a difficult decision to choose from the four individuals. Councilman Paul Toller added he wanted to be sensitive to the geographic issue, "but I think we need to take that issue out of it in the long run. ' After the first ballot, Tom Ramage and Judd had tied and Steele was among the finalists. After the second vote, Steele and Judd were the finalists. The last ballot declared Judd the winner by a vote of 3-to-l. Judd, 46, is an eight-year resident of West Bountiful and he and his wife Karen have five children. He is a marketing officer for First Security Leasing Co. He has a master ' s degree in public administration ad-ministration from Brigham Young University and a bachelor's degree in political science from Weber State College. He served as an administrative ad-ministrative assistant to the Cor-vallis, Cor-vallis, Ore. city manager and was an intern for the Provo mayor for nine months. After his appointment, Judd told the council, "I hope to represent the interests of all citizens of West Bountiful. Serving as a councilman is something I have always wanted to do.' Two weeks ago the council was presented with a petition signed by 140 residents of the Chamelle Subdivision Sub-division seeking Steele for the new council replacement. Some 40 residents came to the meeting to make their appeal for Steele. Johnson had remarked at that meeting it was the most interest shown in any issue in several months. Judd lives at 210 N. 1000 West, from the south side of the city. RICHARD JUDD By PAUL CHALLIS WEST B OUNTIFUL--Businessman Richard Judd was recently re-cently appointed to the West Bountiful Boun-tiful City Council on a secret 3-to-l vote, winning out over three other candidates. The vote, by the remaining coun-cilmen, coun-cilmen, came on the third elimination elimina-tion round of private paper ballots. Judd was one of four candidates that applied for the job of coun-cilmen coun-cilmen when Claude Vaughn resigned to go on a mission to Canada for the LDS Church. The council asked any interested West Bountiful residents to apply for the job and four submitted their names. The four candidates had been interviewed inter-viewed by the council during a the two-week period of the selection process. The other nominees besides Judd were, Ruth Steele, Lynn Kennison and Tom Ramage. Mayor Carl M. Johnson told the audience of 25 interested citizens assembled to find out the council's choice, that after talking to legal counsel and other attorneys, the governing body was free to use any selective system it wanted. "The statute said the council had to appoint a new member by a two-third two-third majority, and the process itself isn't specific on how to do it," Johnson said. "We decided a closed clos-ed paper ballot was the best way to do it in an open meeting." The councilmen, wanting to avoid a political riff in the community, com-munity, decided it would be better to use a closed ballot to select the new councilman as different groups had wanted a representative from their area on the council and also to preserve the "dignity and respect of the candidates. 't "We have to decide the selection on what is in the best interest for the people," Johnson added. "We have a commitment to serve the residents of the whole ity." |