Unofficial results from Tuesday’s election show that ballot initiative 4D, Colorado Mountain College’s broadband initiative, was approved by a large margin of voters participating across all six counties within the college’s district.
This initiative provides Colorado Mountain College with legal authority to provide telecommunications services should available alternatives prove inadequate or too costly or both. The college has no immediate plans for new operating activities. However, anything the college considers in the future will be in line with its educational mission.
Approximately 50 Colorado cities, towns, counties and school districts put similar initiatives forward this year, and preliminary results indicate strong public support for many. Unofficial election results indicate passage of those initiatives in counties including Pitkin, Ignacio and Routt.
In the one contested race for a seat on Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees, unofficial results show that incumbent Kathy Goudy leads Jon Warnick for the District 2 seat, consisting of the Roaring Fork School District Re-1 Director Districts B, C, D and E. Warnick is past chair of the CMC Foundation Board.
The other districts with trustee seats up for election this year were:
District 4 – Summit County School District Re-1. Patricia J. Theobald ran unopposed. This seat is being vacated by Dr. Robert Taylor, who decided not to run for reelection for personal reasons.
District 5 – Steamboat Springs School District Re-2. Current trustee Ken Brenner ran unopposed.
District 6 – Lake County School District Re-1 and Eagle County School District Re-50J Director District A. Current trustee Pat Chlouber ran unopposed.
The Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees has seven at-large seats that are elected by all the voters within the district boundaries in six counties. Board responsibilities include employing and evaluating the president, approving the college budget, certifying the mill levy, establishing college goals and monitoring the progress of the institution.
One resident from each of seven trustee districts within the following counties is elected to the board: Eagle, Lake, Pitkin, Routt and Summit; an East Garfield and a West Garfield County resident are also selected by voters to serve. Those elected serve four-year terms. The board usually meets on a monthly basis at locations around the district.
For the latest figures on the election results for 4D and the CMC board election, please go to http://garfield-county.com/2015-coordinated-election.aspx or http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/56800/156879/Web01/en/summary.html.