City, school and community college elections are set for Tuesday, April 7, in Labette County. No primary election was required for this year’s local elections.
Chetopa City: Three city council positions will be decided with Matthew R. Kirkwood and Shawn A. Shoemaker running in Ward 1 and George W. Huber running in Ward 2. Debra R. Crumrine is the only candidate in Ward 3. Each is a four-year term.
On the Oswego City Council, Glenn Fischer, Ty Lewis and Jane D. Rea are running for the three at-large positions. Each is a four-year term.
Altamont voters will elect their mayor and two city council members. Running for mayor are Chris Allen and Herbert Bath. Competing for the two council seats are Glen Bruce, Dru Parlett and Mary Shields.
In Bartlett, Bob Pursley is the only candidate for mayor and voters will elect five members of the council. There were none filing for council.
Edna voters will elect three council members and there were two filing: Daniel W. Baker and Kaci Mellen.
In Labette City, a mayor and five council members will be elected. There were no filings for these seats.
In Mound Valley, Joe M. Ybarra is the lone candidate to file for mayor. Two council seats will be determined by voters with the following candidates filing: Ken McNickle, Steve Spencer and Allen Winters.
For school board positions in southern Labette County, the following races will be on the April 7 ballots:
USD 504 - Oswego: Three positions will be chosen with the following candidates on the ballot: Mark A. Brannin, Kim Kitterman, Steven L. Lewis, Charlotte Merwarth, Lewis “Skip” Riley and Roger Vance.
In USD 505 - Chetopa: Three positions will be chosen by voters with the following candidates on the ballot: Member 4 - Kandi Midgett, Chetopa; Member 5 - Cindy Johnson, Chetopa; Sandy Krider, Chetopa; Member 6 - Patricia Houser, St. Paul; Member 6 - Mark E. Smith, St. Paul.
In USD 506 - three positions will be determined in the election with the following candidates: Pos. 4 - Kelly Schulze, Parsons; Pos. 5 - Doyle Dodsworth and Ronda Good, both of Altamont, and Kyle Hess, Mound Valley; Pos. 6 - Leon E. Allen, Oswego, and Jennifer Mathes, Bartlett.
For the Labette Community College Board of Trustees, three positions will be decided with the following candidates: Robert E. Brandenburg, Mike Howerter, Wanda L. Ladage, David L. Miller and Sophia C. Zetmeir, all of Parsons.
A countywide sales tax question will be on the ballot: “Shall a countywide one-percent retailer’s sales tax be extended (retained) for a period of five years from July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2016, all pursuant to the provisions of KSA 12-187 et seq? for the purpose of property tax reductions?”
Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. on April 7.