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Page 2 CM B2 AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN I MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 COMMUNITY NEWS News: communitynewsstatesman.com or 5 1 2-445-3863 COURT HOUSE ELECTION ROUNDUP Some runaway wins, some narrow margins characterize voting results 6r.y ee -mm eZ City Council race in Kyle ends in a tie, perplexing officials about the next step. Kelsey Kling received 390 and 308 votes, respectively. CEDAR PARK KYLE District 1 City Council contest ends in a tie Kyle's race for City Council District 1 ended in a tie, according to unofficial final ware. He also said he wanted to see the decisions he has been part of including starting the city's own emergency services evolve. HUTTO Bettina Jordan tops Tim Jordan by one vote Bettina Jordan won the Hutto City Council race by one vote against her opponent, Tim Jordan.

She received 255 votes for the Place 6 BASTROP Jones topsGilleland, Peterson will return Place 5 Bastrop Council Member Kelly Gilleland lost her bid for re-election to challenger Deborah Jones. Gilleland lost her council seat after she received 275 votes, or 46.6 percent, while Jones received 315 votes, or 53.4 Bollier Caputo Hervol I seat while he Hi 1 received 254 -lf votes. Timjor- c'an' tie PA JKj only person who results. Incumbent Diane Her-vol and challenger Travis Mitchell each received 510 votes. In the city's District 3 race, Council Member Shane Arabie defeated challenger Randall Lloyd, 58 to 42 percent.

Hervol called the tie in her race stunning, saying it was "unheard of" to have a tie in a Kyle city election. It's unclear what will happen next. Hays Jones Mitchell percent. Former Bas-trop Council Member Bill Peterson, who was seeking a return to elected office, got his wish after coming out ahead of Herb Goldsmith for the open Place 1 seat. Peterson received 369 votes, or 62.2 percent, while Goldsmith took in 224 votes, or Peterson Arabie 37.8 percent.

County Elections Administrator Joyce Cowan said the county would likely do a recount. On Monday, she will verify whether there are any provisional ballots, and the county will have to wait five days to see if any ballots were mailed from overseas. If the tie stands, there could be a coin-flip for the seat. WIMBERLEY SMITHVILLE Saunders next mayor; Streuer wins council seat Smithville Council Member Scott Saunders will be the city's next mayor after trouncing his opponent with more than 80 percent of the vote. Saunders received 585 votes, or 84 per Mayor Matt Powell and Bollier, Caputo win races The Cedar Park mayor, a council incumbent and a longtime City Council member who wanted to rejoin the council all easily won their elections.

Mayor Matt Powell received 2,141 votes to soundly beat write-in candidate Marshall Bennett, who got 248 votes. Council Member Kristyne Bollier had 1,515 votes while her challenger, Maria Tal-amo, earned 902 votes. Cobby Caputo, a previous council member, received 1,431 votes to beat Kaden Norton, who had 944 votes. The most contentious race for the Place 4 seat was between attorneys Caputo, 52, and Norton, 31. Norton had sent out a flier accusing Caputo of wasting city money by helping approve a massive severance package for a city attorney, raising the property tax rate and increasing the budget during Caputo's previous terms on the council.

Caputo has said that he helped negotiate a lower severance package for a city attorney, increased the property tax rate in 2005 to pay for a fire station, firefighters and more police officers, and increased the city budget to pay for necessary services. Powell, 39, won his third term as mayor. He has said one of his goals is to focus on the Bell Boulevard redevelopment project that would relocate part of U.S. 183 to the east and open up 40 acres for development and 12 acres to a natural area, he has said. Bollier, 45, who was appointed to Place 6 in August when the seat became vacant, said she wants to actively pursue employers to bring their headquarters to Cedar Park and create more jobs.

GEORGETOWN Hesser easily wins 2nd term on the City Counci I Georgetown City Council Member John Hesser pulled off a strong win against Dwaine Boydstun in the only contested council LAKE TRAVIS SCHOOLS Dorsett joins board; Aoueille returns to seat Incumbent school board member John Aoueille kept his Place 4 seat, with 69 percent of the vote against Ariel Axelrod. Two newcomers ran in a special election for Place 7, with Bob Dorsett Jr. claiming 76 percent of the vote against Juan R. Gutierrez. Incumbent board members Alex Alexander and Kim Flasch ran unopposed for their respective places.

Dorsett, who previously served as a Bee Cave City Council member, said his first priority on the school board would be assessing financial stability and looking to student population growth projections. Aoueille was re-elected to a full three-year term. Dorsett's special election victory grants him a one-year term until the next election. PFLUGERVILLE SCHOOLS Mott to return to board; Mitchell captures seat Longtime board member Ver-nagene Mott will continue her service on the Pflugerville school board, while incumbent Mario Acosta will end his tenure after losing to local developer Renae Mitchell. Mott received 1,753 votes while her opponent, substitute teacher Matt Robertson, had 1,491 votes.

Mitchell received 1,914 votes to Acosta's 1,419. TRAVIS COUNTY MUDS Two incumbents lose in 5-way race for 3 seats Two incumbent board members were ousted in a five-way race for three seats on the Lakeway Municipal Utility District board. With all precincts reporting, incumbent Tom Brewer retained his seat on the board. He will be joined by newcomers Don Goff and Lawrence Christian. The at-large victory was narrow Brewer received 23 percent of the vote, Goff received 21 percent and Christian received 20 percent.

Incumbents Kay Andrews and Mel Neese both came in at 17.6 percent. VOLENTE Town votes to leave Cap Metro, steer tax to city Volente voters decided to cut ties with the Capital Metropolitan Transit Authority and to allow the 1 percent sales tax that goes to the agency to flow directly to the city. On the first measure, 96 percent of voters, or 64 ballots, opposed staying with Cap Metro. On the second and related measure, 81 percent of voters, or 54 ballots, supported directing the sales tax revenue to go straight to Volente. Almost half of the roughly 550 people living in Volente, a town on Lake Travis about 20 miles outside Austin, signed a petition to put the two measures on the ballot.

Barchfeld Saunders Fore cent, while Don Green garnered 115 votes, or 16 percent. Smithville business owner Troy Streuer beat opponent Kelly Holt for the Place 5 open seat. Streuer received 424 votes, or 60.7 percent, and Holt took in 275 votes, or 39.3 percent. SUk. can request a Bettina vote recount, Jordan said Saturday night that he was considering asking for one.

The candidates are not related. Bettina Jordan said Saturday that "unofficial final results are in, and if they hold, I am proud and honored to be your next Hutto City Council winner." Seth Gipson, Hutto's city secretary, said the results still might change because there was one provisional vote cast that was not counted. A provisional vote is cast by a person who cannot provide proper identification at the time of voting. The person has a certain number of days to prove his or her identity for the ballot to count. UPPER BRUSHYCREEK WCID One of three incumbents re-elected; others fall Mike Freeman, Miguel Villar-real and Jeremiah D.

Williams won seats on a board that oversees 23 dams in southern Williamson County. Villarreal is the sole board member to be re-elected at the Upper Brushy Creek Water Control Improvement District, with incumbents Gregor Forbes and Robert Jackson losing their seats. With all precincts reported, Freeman received 2,459 votes (23 percent), Villarreal received 1,784 votes (17 percent) and Williams received 1,721 votes (16 percent). Jackson received 1,700 votes (16 percent), Lowell Moore had 1,694 votes (16 percent) and Gregor Forbes had 1,256 votes (12 percent). WILLIAMSON COUNTY ESD Additional sales tax OK'd to build fire station An additional 2 percent sales tax that will help Hutto Fire Rescue build a second fire station received voter approval.

Out of 238 votes, a fraction of the district's 43,000 residents, 143 voted for and 95 against the sales tax. Hutto Fire Chief Scott Kerwood said the second fire station would help serve a quickly growing population. He estimated the additional sales tax would generate about $100,000 per year in revenue. The new fire station could cost about $3.5 million, he said. Three incumbents on City Council defeated Three Wimberley City Council incumbents narrowly lost their seats to challengers.

Streuer Mayor Steve Thurber lost to Council Member MacMcCullough by six votes, according to unofficial final results. More than McCul lough race. Hesser got 821 votes while Boydstun received 497 votes. Two other council members Tommy Joanna Morgan, who was unopposed, was re-elected to her Place 4 seat. SMITHVILLE SCHOOLS Two incumbents lose seats on school board Incumbent Smithville school board members Mike Morgan and Samella Williams were ousted from office.

Candice Parsons, one of two challengers facing off against Morgan, was elected to the Place 5 seat, while Mike Davis who mounted a challenge against Williams, was elected to the Place 6 seat. Parsons received 530 votes, or 55 percent, compared to Morgan's 358 votes, or 37 percent, and a third candidate, Mark Whiting, had 73 votes, or about 8 percent. Davis garnered 545 votes, or 56 percent, and Williams received 431 votes, or 44 percent. Place 7 school board member Howard S. Burns, who was unopposed, was re-elected to his seat.

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Hesser 900 people voted. Thurber's allies, council members Cindy Anderson and Pam Showalter, also lost their seats to McCullough allies Craig Fore and Gary Barchfeld, respectively. Fore won 51 percent of the vote and Barchfeld won 55 percent. DRIPPING SPRINGS SCHOOLS Incumbents reclaim two seats on school board Dripping Springs school board members Shelly Reeves and Jon Thompson won their re-election campaigns. Reeves, 48, the school board's vice president, got the most votes in the at-large race, with 884.

Thompson, 49, received 512 votes. Challengers Cassondra Taylor and Gonzalez and Steve Fought were up for re-election but had no opponents. Hesser, 73, has served one term on the council. He is retired from the auto financing and banking business. Hesser previously said he wants to stop the city's property tax rate from increasing and replace the city's "1980-era" financial soft- May 28.

Reduced to one lane in each direction with a center turn lane between Thomas Springs Road and Covered Bridge Road until further notice. Texas 95: Multiple closures in both directions between U.S. 290 and Old Coupland Road from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Loop 1 (MoPac Boulevard): Reduced to one outside lane between the Union Pacific railroad bridge and U.S. 183 from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.; northbound closures are Monday through Thursday nights, and southbound is Monday through Wednesday nights. Reduced to one northbound outside lane between RM 2222 and Anderson Lane from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Monday through Thursday nights. Reduced to one southbound inside lane between Steck Avenue and RM 2222 from 8 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday; the Steck Avenue exit also will be closed. Reduced to one southbound inside lane between Steck Avenue and Far West Boulevard from 8 p.m.

Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday; the entrance ramp from Steck Avenue will also be closed. Reduced to one northbound lane between 45th Street and Anderson Lane from 9 p.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday.

The northbound Capital of Texas Highway and Braker Lane exits will be closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday nights. The northbound entrance ramps from U.S. 183, Capital of Texas, and Braker Lane will be closed from 8 p.m.

to 5 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday nights. Use alternative routes. The southbound Far West Boulevard exit will be closed from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 5 a.m.

Thursday. Reduced to one southbound inside lane across Windsor Road from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday nights, and the Windsor Road exit will also be closed. The northbound lanes will shift left between Anderson Lane and U.S.

183 from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday nights. The southbound inside lane will be closed between Enfield Road and Lady Bird Lake from 8 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m.

Friday. The northbound Enfield Road exit will be closed from 9 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday. Details on additional closures also available at mopacexpress.com.

RM 487: One-lane traffic control with pilot car between Interstate 35 and County Road 232 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through September. One-lane traffic control with flaggers at Interstate 35 for 1 mile east from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday. FM 1460: No access tofrom High Tech Drive until further notice. Detour via Quail Valley Drive and Texstar Drive. RM 2222: Various closures in both directions under Loop 1 from 9 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m.

Tuesday. Far West Boulevard: The westbound outside lane will be closed across Loop 1 from 9 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday. to one northbound lane between Tech-nicenter Drive and FM 969-MLK Drive from 8 p.m.

to 6 a.m. Monday through Wednesday nights. Various closures on the access roads in both directions between Anderson Mill and McNeil roads from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights through May 19.

The turnarounds in both directions at ManorSpringdale roads will be closed until further notice. Texas 71: Traffic will shift to new temporary lanes between FM 973 and Onion Creek from 4 a.m. to noon Saturday; the shift will last about two months. Alternating closures in both directions between U.S. 183 and Ross Road on Monday through Thursday nights from 8 p.m.

to 6 a.m., Fridays from 8 p.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday; Saturdays from 7 p.m. to 1 0 a.m Su nday; Su ndays rom 7 p.m to 5 a.m. Monday through May 15.

Presidential Boulevard will be closed under Texas 71 from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Interstate 35 (Travis County): The turnarounds at Rundberg Lane might be closed from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

U.S. 183: The inside lane on the southbound access road will be closed between U.S. 290 and ManorSpring dale roads from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Mon-day and Tuesday nights.

Reduced to one southbound lane at various locations between U.S. 290 and the Colorado River from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights; locations will change nightly. Reduced to one lane in each direction between Von Quintus Drive and one-half mile north of FM 973 from 8 p.m.

to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights. Reduced to one northbound lane between Loyola Lane and U.S. 290 from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Monday and Tuesday nights. Reduced.