Bond issues, races crowd municipal ballots
The following candidates and issues have been turned in to the office of Nodaway County Clerk Beth Walker for inclusion on April 7 municipal election ballots.
Grant Township: Trustee, James E. Farnan, two-year term; board members, write in, vote for two, two-year term; clerk, write in, vote for one, two-year term.
Green Township: Vote yes or no on a $190,000 general obligation bond for road gravel and machinery.
Hughes Township: Vote yes or no on a $130,000 general obligation bond for road maintenance and gravel.
Jackson Township: Vote yes or no to renew the 35-cent Special Road and Bridge levy for four years.
Lincoln Township: Vote yes or no to renew the 35-cent Special Road and Bridge levy for four years.
Nodaway Township: Vote yes or no to renew the 35-cent Special Road and Bridge levy for four years.
Union Township: Vote yes or no to renew the 35-cent Special Road and Bridge levy for four years.
White Cloud Township: Vote yes or no to renew the 35-cent Special Road and Bridge levy for four years.
Village of Arkoe: Village board, write in two names for two-year terms.
City of Barnard: Mayor, vote for one, Marvin Harper; City Council, vote for two, Glenn Miller, Ted Parker and Ned Waterman. All offices carry two-year terms
City of Barnard: Vote yes or no on whether to allow the city to forego annual elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled.
City of Barnard: Vote yes or no on the two-year renewal of a $1.25 per $100 of assessed valuation levy for street repair and maintenance.
City of Burlington Junction: City Council, vote for two, Matt Rohlmeier, Martha Greeley and Jim Meyer. Offices carry two-year terms.
City of Burlington Junction: Vote yes or no for four-year renewal of a 30-cent per $100 of assessed valuation street maintenance levy.
City of Burlington Junction: Vote yes or no to implement an additional four-year street levy of 30 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.
City of Clearmont: City Council, vote for two, Max Noble, William Harris, Nell Cowden. Offices carry two-year terms.
Village of Clyde: Village board, vote for three, Gerald Eckstein, Andrew Schieber, Joseph Stoll. Offices carry two-year terms.
Village of Clyde: Vote yes or no on whether to allow the village to forego annual elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled.
City of Conception Junction: Mayor, vote for one, Cletus Lager; City Council, vote for two, Robert Bliley and Wesley McQueen. All offices carry two-year terms.
City of Conception Junction: Vote yes or no on whether to allow the city to forego annual elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled.
City of Elmo: City Council, vote for two, D. Wayne Cruth, Tammy Dye, Adam Hull, James Thompson. Offices carry two-year terms.
City of Elmo: Vote yes or no on whether to allow the city to forego annual elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled.
City of Graham: North-side board member, write in, vote for one; south-side board member, vote for one, Jacob Rauch. Offices carry two-year terms.
City of Graham: Vote yes or no on whether to allow the city to forego annual elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled.
Village of Guilford: Board of Trustees, vote for three, Danyell Wiederholt, Don Bagley, Nancy Pulley. Offices carry two-years terms.
Village of Guilford: Vote yes or no on renewing for three years the 50-cent per $100 of assessed valuation street maintenance levy.
City of Hopkins: Mayor, vote for one, Randy Beason; North Ward alderman, vote for one, Roger Florea; South Ward alderman, vote for one, Ron Cross. Offices carry two-year terms.
City of Hopkins: Vote yes or no on whether to allow the city to forego annual elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled.
City of Maryville: City Council, three-year term, vote for two, Michael Baumli, Jason McDowell, Gerald (Jerry) Riggs and Elizabeth (Beth) Hawkins.
City of Maryville: Vote yes or no to increase the park and recreation levy to 40-cents per $100 of assessed valuation, which would raise the existing levy by 10 cents. Revenue is to be used for the purpose of acquiring, improving, operating and maintaining public parks and recreational facilities.
Countywide library: Citizens of Nodaway County, excluding those residing inside the city of Maryville, will vote yes or no on whether to create a county library district along with a 15-cent per $100 of assessed valuation levy earmarked for funding services and facilities the district is to provide.
City of Parnell: Mayor, vote for one, Virginia C. Burns; alderman, vote for two, Jeremy Burns and write-in. Offices carry two-year terms.
City of Parnell: Vote yes or no on whether to allow the city to forego annual elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled.
City of Pickering: City Council, vote for two, Kenny Graham and write-in. Offices carry two-year terms
City of Pickering: Vote yes or no on whether to allow the city to forego annual elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled.
City of Ravenwood: North Ward City Council member, vote for one, Bill Hall; South Ward City Council member, vote for one, Chris Oelze; city collector, vote for one, Julie Hicks. Offices carry two-year terms.
City of Ravenwood: Vote yes or no on whether to allow the city to forego annual elections if the number of candidates who have filed for a particular office is equal to the number of positions in the office to be filled.
City of Ravenwood: Vote yes or no on whether to authorize a three-year $1.50 per $100 of assessed valuation tax levy for street maintenance. A yes vote will result in a 25-cent increase over the current levy of $1.25.
City of Skidmore: City Council, east-side, vote for one, Karen Kepka and Christiane Mack; City Council, west-side, vote for one, Chris Smock. Offices carry two-year terms.
West Nodaway R-I School District: School Board, vote for three, Ronnie Hagey, Ryan Fast, Billy Koch and Bryan Beason. Offices carry three-year terms.
West Nodaway R-I School District: Vote yes or no on a proposal to borrow $1.2 million for repairs, upgrades and renovations at district facilities, including installation of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. The debt is to be repaid by issuing bonds. If approved, the district’s debt-service levy would remain at 50 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.
Worth County R-III School District: School Board, vote for two, Robert (Bob) Staton, Sherri Runde, Patricia (Tish) Warner, Sheila Hunt and Matthew Kanak. Offices carry three-year terms.
Jefferson C-123 School District: School Board, vote for two, Jared McQueen, Andrew Schieber and Melissa Wilmes. Offices carry three-year terms.
Jefferson C-123 School District: Vote yes or no on a proposal to borrow $1.5 million to be used for construction of a new gymnasium. The debt is to be repaid by issuing bonds. If approved, the district’s debt-service levy would increase from zero to 75 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.
Stanberry R-II: School District: School Board, vote for two, Ronald G. Stoll, Marci Sager, Keith McQuinn, Phillip Jensen. Offices carry three-year-terms.
Northeast Nodaway R-V School District: School Board, vote for two, Sheldon Scadden, Tanya Riley and Katrina McIntyre. Offices carry three-year terms.
Northeast Nodaway R-V School District: Vote yes or no on a proposal to borrow $416,000 to be used for construction of a library expansion, classroom addition, meeting room and weight room. If funds are available, repair and remodeling of other district facilities may also be undertaken. The debt is to be repaid by issuing bonds. If approved, the district’s debt-service levy would remain unchanged at $0.7707 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.
