City Council will need to fill Strommen's seat

 

 SIDNEY -- Sidney voters had four options to cast two votes in the City Council election November 5.

Incumbent Burke Radcliffe took the top seat with 1,216 votes, followed by Robert J. Kuhns with 1,172 and Brian Fort with 1,049. Incumbent Brock M. Buckner, Sr. finished with 787 votes.

"Of course, I would have loved to be in the top two, and continue the work we were doing. But, I asked for the voters to vote. They voted, and I accept it. That's democracy. That's all I asked for. You know, one of my things when I was appointed, that I wanted to do, was really have the people engaged in the process," Buckner said.

Sidney City Manager David Scott said new council members are usually not sworn in until December, after the voters are certified by the county clerk.

Robert Kuhns thanked the voters for choosing him to be part of the next council.

"Well I'm very honored. I'm very excited. I'm glad the citizens of Sidney are looking forward to me and voted me in. There's a lot going on in Sidney right now. I want to get myself acquainted with everything that's going on, and I want to move Sidney forward, and I'm going to do everything I can to do that," Kuhns said.

Voters overwhelmingly supported Sidney City Councilman Paul Strommen for the Nebraska Legislature with 3,100 votes; 653 votes for Larry

Burke Radcliffe
Burke Radcliffe  

L.S. Bolinger.

"First, I'd like to congratulate everybody that's moving forward, and really thank all of the voters for coming out and supporting me in the campaign. I'd also like to thank all the candidates who ran. It's not easy to put yourself out there, and it takes an exhaustive amount of time," Strommen said.

He added he is excited to get started. 

"We worked really hard to try and win out here and I'm really looking forward to getting out there and trying to get some things done to help out all of our communities out here. I think it's going to be great," Strommen said.

Voters in the Sidney School District had three seats to fill with four names.

Challenger Amber Talich received the most support with 2,167, followed by incumbent Brad A. Kennedy. Kevin Challburg came in third with 1,631, and Caleb Jones trailed in fourth with 739 votes.

 In other county races, voters in the Leyton School District had three seats to consider and three incumbent names; Roland Rushman, Susan M. Ernest and David J. Wiedeman.

Potter-Dix School District voters also had three candidates for three seats: Colt M. Alexander, Royce McConnell and Trustin E. Vrtalko. Creek Valley School District voters had three candidates and three seats: Troy Isenbart, Matt Klingman and Stephanie Owen. 

Jason P. Petik and Dennis T. DeNovellis kept their seats on the Sidney Airport Authority board.

The Gurley Village Board had three open seats and three candidates: Andy McElroy, Shawn Kruse and Matt Robinson. Dalton voters had two choices for two open Village Board seats: Ronald W Flohr, Sr., and Bill Abbott, Jr.

Lodgepole voters were asked to fill three seats from five candidates: Susan Mitchell earned 112 votes, Alan C. Runge 96 and Eric L. Dana 78.

Potter voters were asked to choose three of four candidates for the Village Board of Trustees. Edward Revord collected 116 votes, Alisha Juelfs 113 and Melanie Rotert 109. Jerry Deines finished with 91 votes.