LAKEPORT — Clearlake voters decided not to implement road construction fund ordinance Measure H and many seats around the county were filled after residents around Lake County casted their votes Monday.
Measure H, which needed a two-thirds vote to pass, was narrowly defeated by a 61.2-percent yes to 38.8-percent no vote, according to preliminary results issued by the Lake County Registrar of Voters.
Measure H would have implemented a special 1-percent retail tax in the city of Clearlake that would be used exclusively for the improvement and maintenance of roads and code enforcement in the Clearlake, according to the voter”s pamphlet issued by the registrar of voters. The tax was expected to bring in approximately $1.4 million a year, of which roughly $1.05 million would have been used for maintenance and maintenance equipment and approximately $350,000 would have been used for staffing, acquiring of supplies, staff training and code enforcement.
In the race for three seats at the Upper Lake Union Elementary School District, Diane Tomkins Plante and Don Meri kept their seats with 20.8-percent and 14.6-percent of the votes, respectively. Joanne Breton, who had the second most votes with 16.2-percent, took the third seat. Alisa M. Bloom (13.8-percent of votes), Kelly Palmer Burns (12.5-percent), Marie Henry (12.2-percent) and Katy Swaney (9.9-percent) trailed the race.
At the Lake County Board of Education Trustee Area No. 3, Patricia Hicks narrowly beat Dawn R. Binns with 52-percent of the votes versus 48-percent to keep her seat.
There were no changes at the Lakeport Unified School district as Dennis Darling, with 38.9-percent of the votes, and Tom Powers, with 36.2-percent, kept their seats. Beth K. Ackermann received 24.9-percent of the votes.
In special district elections, the Hidden Valley Lake Community Services District also saw no change in seats. Linda Herndon and Judy Mirbgian kept their seats with 38.7-percent and 34.6-percent of the votes, respectively. Richard A. Pritchard trailed the race with 26.7-percent of the votes.
All other districts either had more vacancies than candidates or did not have candidates.
Isaac Brambila is an associate editor for Lake County Publishing. Reach him at 263-5636 ext. 37 or at ibrambila@record-bee.com.
