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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOct 1977 election resultsPAGE 104 REGULAR MEETING - SEPTEMBER 26, 1977 VOLUME 18 XIV.CITIZENS' DISCUSSION: A. Beverly Dunham appeared and commended Counci1member Gillespie for stating his conflict of interest on matters before the Council. B. City Manager invited the Councilmembers to attend the Wednesday evening joint Planning and Zoning Commission - Harbor Commission meeting, commencing at 7:30 p.m., at which time Paul Carr, consultant for the firm Simpson, Usher and Jones, would make a presentation on OCS Title IX Strategy Impact Fund report. XIV.ADJOURNMENT: p?JJ1J,,J'~'! he..)~. eeting was adj ourned at 10: 03 p.m. Ari;,,~'ecutive Session was immediately called dlOnaEfJO.~ t ti~;.;' ", c-- '\,'. - ' '~j- '...: ~ in order to discuss g{i;q ~Vice Mayor PAGE 104 SPECIAL MEETING - OCTOBER 5, 1977 VOLUME 18 I.CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Neve' called the special meeting of the City Council to order at 4:07 p.m. II.OPENING CEREMONY: Neve' led the pledge of allegiance to the flag. III. ROLL CALL: Present were: Mayor Neve'; Counci1members Gillespie, Hugli, Mott, 01dow and Vincent (Absent, with Council consent, was Campbell) Present also: City Manager Johnson, City Clerk-Treasurer Shanley, and City Clerk's assistant Faust IV.CANVASS OF OCTOBER 4 ELECTION AND DECLARATION OF FINAL RESULTS: ELECTIONS: City Clerk's memo dated October 3, 1977, setting forth the procedure to be followed in considering the absentee, questioned and challenged ballots, was noted. City Clerk stated 50 requests for absentee ballots had been received; however, the written requests of Michael Rule and Susan Urbach had been received after the date allowed to receive such requests (September 29) and, therefore, no ballots had been sent to the two individuals. She further stated that although ballots had been sent in a timely manner to David Campbell and Ann Whitmore, the two ballots had not been returned in time for the canvass. Upon recommendation of the Clerk, it was moved by Mott, seconded by Vincent and unanimously carried by all those present that the 46 absentee ballots received from the following individuals be counted: Vesta J. Anderson Louis Bencardino Francis L. Bennie Perry Buchanan C. Keith Campbell Jacqueline Campbell Bruce Clarke Susan Clarke Andrew Corpin William Cu110r Harold W. Davis William Deverna Willard Dunham Thomas E. Enright Harold E. Faust Theodore Gerwer III Edgar Hatch AmyHitt Vance Bitt Barbara Hultberg Jack Johnson Wilbur Kuehny Janis Lauterbach Eileen B. Lawson James B. Lawson W. Lee McAnerney Donald 01dow Linda 01dow Dean K. Otteson Elaine S. Reausaw ELECTIONS: cont'd) I I I I:) PAGE 105 SPECIAL MEETING - OCTOBER 5, 1977 VOLUME 18 IV.CANVASS OF OCTOBER 4 ELECTION AND DECLARATION OF FINAL RESULTS:cont'd) Neva Reznick Stephen Rockwood Anthony R. Rohloff Darryl Schaefermeyer Genevieve Schaefermeyer James Schaefermeyer Karen A. Swartz Robert D. Swartz David J. Thompson Dorothy Urbach Frank J. Vanek Helen J. Vanek Bette E. Welch Loyd L. Welch George H. Werner Harold Wright City Clerk stated 11 questioned and 3 challenged ballots had been received from the Chairman of Precinct No.1. She explained that the ballots cast by Patrice W. Lindstrom, Mary P. Cooper and Joseph T. Heddinger had been challenged due to the fact that the individual's names did not appear on the State list of registered voters. She further stated her office had contacted Octavia Hansen, Election Supervisor for District 5, who had confirmed that the three individuals were not eligible to vote in the State of Alaska; therefore, she recommended the 3 ballots not be counted. City Clerk stated that of the 11 questioned ballots, 9 had been received from individuals who had moved from one Seward precinct to the other but had neglected to change their voter registration; she recommended the 9 ballots be counted. She further stated that 2 questioned ballots had been cast by individuals who had certified they had moved from Bear Creek Precinct to Seward No. 1 precinct. She stated her office had contacted City Attorney Rana1d Jarrell who had confirmed that the 2 individuals, Garth Cheff and Douglas R. Smith, were not eligible to vote in the City due to the fact that they were not at the time of the election registered in a Seward precinct; therefore, she recommended the 2 ballots not be counted. City Clerk stated 19 questioned and 1 challenged ballot had been received from the Chairman of Precinct No.2. She explained that the ballot cast by Rex Martin had been challenged due to the fact that the individual's name did not appear on the State list of registered voters. She further stated her office had contacted Octavia Hansen, Election Supervisor for District 5, who had confirmed that Mr. Martin was not eligible to vote in the State of Alaska; therefore, she recommended that Martin's ballot not be counted. City Clerk stated that of the 19 questioned ballots, 16 had been received from individuals who had moved from one Seward precinct to the other but had neglected to change their voter registration; she recommended 16 ballots be counted. She further stated that 3 questioned ballots had been cast by individuals who had certified they had moved from Bear Creek Precinct to Seward No. 2 precinct. She stated her office had contacted City Attorney Rana1d Jarrell who had con- firmed that the 3 individuals, David J. Lamm, Mary L. McDonald (Lamm) and Howard Sweatt, were not eligible to vote in the City due to the fact that they were not at the time of the election registered in a Seward precinct; therefore, she recommended the 3 ballots not be counted. GILLESPIE left the Council Chambers at this time. It was moved by Mott, seconded by Vincent and unanimously carried by all those present to act on the questioned and challenged ballots as indicated by the Clerk. (A separate motion was made by Mott, seconded by Vincent and unanimously carried by all those present, to reject the ballot of Patrice Lindstrom due to the fact that her name had been omitted from the Clerk's list of ballots to be considered from Precinct No.1.) GILLESPIE returned to the Council Chambers at this time. Along with the absentee ballots to be counted, the questioned ballots cast by the following individuals were opened and tallied by Mott and Faust, with audience observers Lawrence Potts and Alice Ainsworth: Barbara Blowers Robert Crowley Mary Dupret Richard Dupret Laura Jones James M. Lewis Sally Martin Clyde D. Reynolds James L. Sefton Patricia Ryan (Clasby) Ben B. Suddath David Suddath Jeanette Suddath Edna Weir Darlene Whitethorn Lloyd J. Whitethorn Dane R. Amos Carme1itta A. Bencardino Robert C. Clasby Dale B. Clemens Joan L. Clemens Susan Kesselring (Harvey) Joan M. Ki1cup Mark L. Larson Lawrence T. Roper 1; ,I PAGE 106 SPECIAL MEETING - OCTOBER 5, 1977 VOLUME 18 IV. CANVASS OF OCTOBER 4 ELECTION AND DECLARATION OF FINAL RESULTS: (cont'd) ELECTIONS: cont'd) Tallies were compared. It was moved by Neve', seconded by Vincent and unanimously carried by all those present that the following be declared as the final results of the October 4 Seward General Municipal Election: MAYOR OF COUNCIL ABSENTEE AND Two Year Term PRECINCT III PRECINCT 1/2 QUESTIONED TOTAL Raymond L. Hug1i 76 126 27 229 Pamela F. 01dow 58 85 40 183 Write-ins Bernard Hu1m 1 1 William Vincent 1 1 Robert Mott 1 1 Bruce Trygstad 1 1 CITY COUNCIL Two Year Term 3 to be Elected) John F. Gillespie llO 163 51 324 C. Keith Campbell 95 163 50 308 Jean E. Leer 80 123 31 234 Julie Casey 56 62 22 140 Alice Ainsworth 25 52 17 94 Write-ins Keith Macik 1 1 Pam 01dow 1 1 Bob Richardson 1 1 Galen Albertson 1 1 Robert White 1 1 Val Anderson 1 1 Raymond Hug1i 1 1 Bernard Hulm 1 1 Herman Leirer 1 1 Bruce W. Clarke 1 1 CITY COUNCIL One Year Term 1 to be Elected) Lawrence W. Potts, Jr. 109 187 59 355 Write-ins Dennis Kowalski 1 1 Boots Anderson 1 1 Monty Richardson 1 1 Keith Macik 1 1 Leslie Simutis 1 1 Bob Suddath 1 1 Herman Leer (sic) 1 1 Dean Williams 1 1 PROPOSITION NO. ONE Two percent sales tax) YES 47 79 33 159 NO 92 134 33 259 TOTAL BALLOTS COUNTED 155 240 71 466 PAGE 107 SPECIAL MEETING - OCTOBER 5, 1977 VOLUME 18 f (I I IV. CANVASS OF OCTOBER 4 ELECTION AND DECLARATION OF FINAL RESULTS: (cont'd) ELECTIONS: cont'd) Mayor Neve' noted that Raymond L. Hug1i had been elected to be Mayor of Council; John F. Gillespie, C. Keith Campbell and Jean E. Leer had been elected to fill the two year terms on the Council; Lawrence W. Potts, Jr. had been elected to fill the one year term on the Council; and, Proposition No. One (2% sales tax) had been defeated. IV. ADJOURNMENT: I adjourned at 5:27 p.m. I '~~- d( ;(fl/xv-R r Jo n~ E. Shanley City 1,;lerk-Treasurer Richard A. Neve' Mayor City'eal) k PAGE 107 REGULAR MEETING - OCTOBER 10, 1977 VOLUHE 18 I.CALL TO ORDER: I The regular meeting of the Seward City Council was called to order at 7:33 p.m. by Vice Mayor Hugli. II. OPENING CEREMONY: Counci1member Mott led the pledge of allegiance to the flag. III. ROLL CALL: Present were: Vice Hayor Hug1i; Counci1members Campbell, Gi11espie*, Hott and Vincent (Absent, with Council consent, were Mayor Neve' and Counci1member Oldow) Present also: City Manager Johnson, City Attorney Jarrell and City Clerk-Treasurer Shanley Newly-elected Counci1members Jean E. Leer and Lawrence W. Potts, Jr. IV . APPROVAL OF MINUTES: It was moved by Mott, seconded by Hug1i and unanimously carried by all those present to approve the minutes of September 26 and October 5, 1977, as written. V. I COUNCIL/ ELECTIONS: Lawrence the dais L. Hugli SEATING OF NEW MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS: Newly elected Counci1members C. Keith Campbell, Jean E. Leer and W. Potts, Jr. appeared, took the oath of office and were seated at and thereafter took part in the meeting. Newly elected Mayor Raymond took the oath of office and was seated as Mayor of the Council.