Sales tax passes in Conway Springs, fails in Haysville
Two sales tax votes resulted in two different results on Tuesday.
Voters in Conway Springs adopted a new 2 percent sales tax that will be used for road repair projects and maintenance. In 10 years, half of that sales tax – 1 percent – will expire. The other 1 percent will remain in place to continue paying for road projects in Conway Springs.
The Conway Springs sales tax was approved by a margin of 2-to-1, with 139 votes in favor, and 67 votes against.
Meanwhile, it appears that a 1 percent sales tax in Haysville that was approved by voters 10 years ago will not continue. On election night, the unofficial vote count showed the measure failing by three votes, 461-458. Those numbers changed a couple of times later in the week, as Sedgwick County Election officials offered updated vote totals on all races on Wednesday, Thursday and again on Friday.
The latest count shows the measure failing by four votes, 464-460.
Those numbers – or even the results – could change again. The election results for this issue and all other races won't become official until Thursday, Nov. 16, when the official canvass is performed.
Sales Tax
Haysville 1% sales tax No.......................... 464 Yes ................................... 460
Conway Springs 2% sales tax Yes.......................... 139 No ................................... 67
Mayoral races
Cheney Philip Mize .............. 266 Write-ins ........................... 5
Clearwater Burt Ussery ............. 372 Write-ins ......................... 26
Garden Plain Kevin R. Hammond .... 79 Write-ins ........................... 4
Mayfield Larry Ford.................. 23 Write-ins ........................... 3
Milan
Write-ins ........................... 6
City council races
Argonia City Council Top 3 win
Casey Love................. 44 Kenneth Peterson ...... 44 Felisha Noland........... 41 Write-ins ........................... 2
Cheney City Council Top 3 win
Ryan Graf ................ 240 Tyler Cramer............ 203 P.J. Beavers.............. 196 Write-ins ........................... 2
Clearwater City Council Top 2 win
Samantha Warkins... 355 Justin Shore ............ 340
Karl L. May .................... 110 Write-ins ........................... 8
Conway Springs City Council Top 3 win
Lori Gerber .............. 182 Larry Roth ............... 167 Janet Wiseley .......... 119 Crystal G. Cotton ........... 107 Write-ins ......................... 21
Garden Plain City Council Top 2 win
Tracy Thul.................. 82 Write-ins ........................... 5
Goddard City Council Top 3 win
Krista Hall ............... 403 George W. Liebe....... 398 Keaton Michael Fish ..246 Larry D. Zimmerman ..... 204 Gary W. Charbonneau.... 202 Jeffrey S. Jones.............. 140 Scott A. Garton................ 95 Travis Bryant ................... 80 Steven Gregory................ 55 Write-ins ........................... 4
Haysville Ward 1 Dale Thompson........ 193 Write-ins ........................... 8
Haysville Ward 2 Janet Parton............ 167 Write-ins ........................... 5
Haysville Ward 3 Bob Rardin .............. 155 Write-ins ........................... 9
Haysville Ward 4 Justin A. Bruster ...... 202 Write-ins ........................... 2
Mayfield City Council Top 5 win
Cheryl Heimer ........... 26 Steven Metzen........... 26 Jeff Mortimer ............ 26 Kelly Ford .................. 24 Cohl Davis ................. 22 Write-ins ........................... 5
Milan City Council Top 5 win
Write-ins ......................... 34
Viola City Council Top 2 win
Bobbi Pauly ............... 13 Timothy R. Taton ....... 11
Board of Education
USD 261 Haysville Top 4 win
Jennifer Bain........ 1,467 Barbara Walters.... 1,233 Tosha N. White...... 1,114 Greg W. Fenster ....... 966 Tom R. Gibson ............... 913 Jerome C. Crawford ....... 841 Write-ins ......................... 48
USD 264 Clearwater Top 4 win
Jessica Mills............. 568 Maranda Pike .......... 433 Jason Martin ........... 388 Layne Pike............... 368 Casey Blokzlyl................ 343 Write-ins ......................... 21
USD 265 Goddard Top 4 win
Jerry Longabaugh. 2,475 Nicole Hawkins ..... 1,865 Amanda Gish ........ 1,861 Jenny Simmons..... 1,769 Liz Hamor................... 1,356 Timothy R. Henderson 1,289 Titus R. Crockett ......... 1,271 Ginnie Ely ................... 1,239 Edward Cropper............. 948 Rachel Murphy .............. 792 Nathan L. Johnson......... 530 Noah Guinn ................... 423 Write-ins ......................... 35
USD 267 Renwick District 3 Position 3 Mark McFadden ....... 348 Julie A. Koon ................. 211
Write-ins ........................... 1
USD 267 Renwick At-Large Todd Horsch............. 502 Write-ins ......................... 18
USD 268 Cheney Top 4 win
Stacy DeVore ........... 264 Matt Voth................ 253 Cherielle Young ....... 195 Troy Pressley ........... 194 Patrick Lynch ................. 180 Taylor Woo Robertson ... 164 Mike Satterlee ............... 113 Aaron Rust ...................... 91 Write-ins ........................... 0
USD 356 Conway Springs District 1 Position 1 Bill Dalbom ............. 294 Write-ins ........................... 6
USD 356 Conway Springs District 2 Position 2 Mark Hemberger ..... 291 Write-ins ........................... 4
USD 356 Conway Springs District 3 Position 3 Bruce Harrington ..... 200 Joel R. Hartman ............ 105 Write-ins ........................... 0
USD 356 Conway Springs At-Large Brandon J. Pauly...... 302 Write-ins ........................... 1
USD 359 Argonia Top 4 win
Brian Fitch................. 62 Melinda McCurley ...... 62 Shane Morrison ......... 62 Tiffani Callaway ......... 60 Write-ins ........................... 6
USD 359 Argonia Unexpired term Shawn White ............. 63 Write-ins ........................... 0