Updated: 11:24 p.m.
Dexter school voters passed a bond issue, the make-up of the Cowley College Board of Trustees is now different and one Ark City commissioner kept his seat by a single vote, according to election night results in Cowley County.
The results are unofficial and await formal approval from the county.
Sitting Cowley College Board of Trustees Chairperson Jill Long won with the most votes with 1,766. Harold “Doc” Arnett, a former Cowley College administrator, was not far behind with 1,620 votes to take a seat on the board.
Michael A. Bergagnini took in the third-most votes to win the third open seat with 1,288 — five votes better than Nancy Short Burger.
In the Ark City commission race, Scott Rogers took the most votes with 850 and Kanyon Gingher tallied the second-most with 565. Duane Oestmann, an incumbent, won the third-most with 535 votes — one more than Travis Pearman.
USD 471 Dexter voters approved a bond issue 131 in favor compared to 47 against. According to a website operated by Team Architecture, LLC, out of Andover, the bond will pay for improved parking and bus loading, the remodeling of the existing elementary school building, and a building addition to the elementary school building that will include a permanent home for Pre-K and kindergarten classes inside a safe room designed to accommodate the entire student, faculty and staff population.
The bond also includes administrative offices for the district, a new entrance to serve as the campus entrance, a connecting link to the high school building to secure the academic functions of the district, and a remodeling of the existing auditorium building.
On the state constitution amendment question that asked to eliminate the state’s census adjustment, Cowley County voted in favor 60 percent to 39 percent.
Full results are available here.
