News : Benton County 2023 Unofficial Election Results

Final Unofficial Results

Notice the results are considered "unofficial" until they have been verified and approved at a later date. Any errors in these are the fault of the typist aka editor.

EMS BOND

Benton County EMS Public Measure

Shall the Benton County Board of Supervisors, upon recommendation by the Benton County EMS Advisory Council, for the purpose of funding Emergency Medical Services in Benton County including, but not limited to, ambulance service, personnel, and equipment be authorized, for a period of fifteen (15) years, to levy and impose an ad valorem tax not exceeding Sixty-Eight Cents ($.68) per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) of assessed valuation on all taxable property within Benton County commencing with the levy of property taxes for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024?

Total Votes 4,851

Yes 3,678

No 1,173

CITY ELECTIONS

Vinton

Mayor

Bud Maynard - 722

Write-ins - 55

At-Large

Tami Stark - 719

Write-ins - 74

2nd Ward

Vote for no more than one

Andrew Elwick - 91

Dakoda Sellers - 81

3rd Ward - To Fill a Vacancy

Zach Parmater - 214

Write-ins - 9

4th Ward

Bethany Gates - 195

Write-ins - 12

Vinton-Shellsburg School

Director at Large

Le Cox -1,329

Write-ins - 30

District 1

Vote for no more than two

Thomas Burke -1,104

Rebecca S. Williams - 1,045

Write-ins - 22

District 2

Jake Fish - 1,395

Write-ins - 14

Atkins

City Council Candidates

Vote for no more than two

Mike Palumbo - 174

Trevor Dursky -295

David Fisher - 302

Jeffrey Semelroth - 63

Jeremy Chihak - 279

Jade Nutt - 78

Write-ins - 3

Belle Plaine

Mayor

Vote for no more than one

Lyle Morrow - 326

David Fish - 212

Write-ins - 1

City Council - At Large

Vote for no more than one

Mary T. Pech - 196

Garrett Landuyt - 334

Write-ins - 4

District 2

Charmaine Wickwire - 172

Write-ins - 3

Park Commissioner

Lonny G. Weber - 480

Write-ins - 6

Blairstown

Mayor

Rodney C. Kubichek - 117

Write-ins - 15

City Council

Scott Metz -134

Nicholas T. Mokas -107

Write-ins - 10

Garrison

Mayor

Garrett Flickinger - 51

Write-ins - 5

City Council

Marvin Trimble - 51

Doug Kearns - 31

Keystone

Mayor

Mark W. Andresen - 94

Write-ins - 4

City Council

Vote for no more than two

Rebecca Andresen - 76

Mike L. Stoner - 63

Michael A. Root - 48

Write-ins - 2

Luzerne

Mayor

John W. Brandt - 20

Write-ins - 2

City Council

Vote for no more than five

Barbara Shields - 21

Joel D. Buttikofer - 19

Kyla Buttikofer - 19

Kelly W. Kendall - 22

Jeani Brandt - 21

Write-ins - 3

Mt. Auburn

Mayor

Austin Brase - 34

Write-ins - 7

City Council

Vote for no more than five

Jared Helms - 41

Cody Lundry - 41

Shelby Williams - 42

Mercedes Bickel - 43

Write-ins - 28

Newhall

Mayor

Vote for no more than one

Jan Mattson - 66

Doug Boddicker - 181

Write-ins - 4

Newhall City Council

Vote for no more than five

Ben Seeck - 191

Rachelle Messner - 160

Schuyler M. Brinkley - 99

Douglas Rinderknecht - 154

Douglas Wendel - 178

Bruce Cross - 164

Norway

Mayor - No Candidate

Write-ins - 68

City Council

Vote for no more than two

Christopher J. Van Horn - 84

Darrell A. Schulte - 50

Michael Schulte - 98

Write-ins - 9

City Council - At Large - To Fill a Vacancy

Terry L. Pickart - 61

Write-ins - 46

Shellsburg

Mayor

Vote for no more than one

Lonnie M. Speckner - 103

Phillip Travis - 114

Write-ins - 3

City Council

Vote for no more than two

Paul Bristol - 72

Brian Reeves - 158

Scott Hepker - 158

Write-ins - 3

Urbana

Mayor

Vote for no more than one

Shane Williams - 130

Gary Benson - 286

Write-ins - 4

City Council

Vote for no more than three

Nicholas McClain - 202

Jeff Bendull - 279

Amanda Vaske - 279

Shelly Lala - 213

Write-ins - 13

Urbana Public Measure

Shall the City of Urbana, Iowa be authorized to levy, annually, a property tax of twenty-seven cents per $1,000 of taxable value for the purpose of increasing the annual operating budget of the Urbana Public Library, with collection of the levy commencing in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025?

Yes 201

No 224

Van Horne

Mayor

Pat Gorkow - 131

Write-ins - 4

City Council

Todd Donald - 131

Write-ins - 39

Walford

Mayor - No Candidate

Write-ins - 118

City Council

Vote for three

Randy Bauer - 139

Matt Greiner - 142

Write-ins - 87

SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS

Belle Plaine

School Director at Large

Vote for no more than three

Alicia Jacobi - 469

Shirley Coles - 164

Benjamin Reineke - 411

Tylar Gallagher - 478

Write-ins - 6

Belle Plaine Public Measure

Summary: To adopt a revenue purpose statement to authorize the expenditure of revenue from the State of Iowa Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund received by the Belle Plaine Community School District.

Revenue Purpose

Statement: Revenue received by the Belle Plaine Community School District from the State of Iowa Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund may be spent for any one or more of the following purposes:

To provide funds for property tax relief.

To provide funds to acquire or install information technology infrastructure (including improving buildings or sites for the purpose of accessing broadband digital telecommunications) and school safety and security infrastructure.

To provide funds to build and furnish a new school building or buildings; to build and furnish addition(s) to school buildings in the District; to remodel, reconstruct, repair, expand, and improve the school buildings in the District; to purchase and improve grounds; for demolition work; and to furnish and equip District facilities.

To provide funds for the purchase, lease or lease-purchase of buildings, equipment (including transportation and recreation equipment) or technology and to repair transportation equipment for transporting students as authorized by law, to implement energy conservation measures, sharing or rental of facilities including a joint infrastructure project for the purposes of offering classes under a District-to-community college as authorized in Iowa Code section 423F.3(3)(c), procuring or acquisition of libraries or opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings

To provide funds to purchase land as part of start-up costs for new student construction program or if the sale of the previous student construction was insufficient to purchase land, and to purchase construction materials and supplies for a student-constructed building or shed intended to be retained by and used by the District.

To provide funds to make payments to a municipality or other entity as required under Iowa Code section 403.19(2).

To provide funds for demolition, cleanup, and other costs if such costs are necessitated by, and incurred within two years of, a disaster.

To provide funds to establish and maintain public recreation places and playgrounds; provide for supervision and instruction for recreational activities or for community education purposes.

To provide funds for the payment of principal and interest or retirement of general obligation bonds issued for school infrastructure purposes, energy improvement loans, loan agreements authorized by Iowa Code section 297.36, sales, service, and use tax revenue bonds issued under Iowa Code section 423E.5 or Iowa Code section 423F.4; and

To provide funds for other authorized expenditures and purposes as now or hereafter permitted by law and designated by the Belle Plaine Community School District.

It being understood that if this proposition should fail to be approved by the voters, such failure shall not be construed to terminate or restrict authority previously granted by the voters to expend receipts from the Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund.

If adopted, this revenue purpose statement shall remain in effect until replaced or amended by the Belle Plaine Community School District.

Yes 467

No 121

Benton Community

School Director

District 1

Vote for no more than one

Nichole Rinholen - 85

Jason Schanbacher - 208

Write-ins - 1

District 2

Vote for no more than one

Theresa Thompson -201

Write-ins - 2

District 3

Vote for no more than one

Matt Nolte - 269

Write-ins - 2

District 4 to Fill a Vacancy

Vote for no more than one

Scott W. Shaw - 250

Write-ins - 10

District 7

Vote for no more than one

Emily Kaiser - 149

Write-ins - 1

Center Point-Urbana

School Director at Large

Amber Hoskins - 195

Ann Wooldridge - 336

School Director District 2

Nick Larson - 296

Aaron Maue - 208

School Director District 3

Alan Marshall 272

Sarah Eikenberry 225

Write-ins - 2

Union School - Public Measure BM

Yes 43

No 23

Hawkeye Community College Director

District 3

Louis Beck -

Kirkwood Community College Director

District 5

Alan Jensen