In the first ever Scandia City Council election on Tuesday, Dec. 12, Dennis Seefeldt was elected mayor while the four council seats were won by Dolores Peterson, Pete Crum, Michael Harnetty and Donnette Yehle.

A total of 1037 ballots were cast in the first city election that saw five candidates for mayor and 20 for the council seats.

Seefeldt, currently the town board chairman, won the two-year mayoral term with 469 votes. His vote total led all 25 candidates in the special election field.

For other mayoral candidates, Ross Brunfelt was second in the race with 317 votes. Other vote totals were: Kim Bakken, 156; Brandon Morris, 48; and Joseph Beitler, 35.

Three familiar faces won city council terms, but a fourth incumbent town board supervisor who was seeking a council seat was defeated.

In the race for council, the top two voter getters were former Town Clerk Dolores Peterson with 428 votes and Pete Crum, an unsuccessful county sheriff candidate this fall, with 404. Both win four-year terms.

Winning the two-year terms are current Supervisor Michael Harnetty who was third in the council voting overall with 372 votes. Donnette Yehle with fourth 363 votes to claim the final two-year term.

Current Supervisor Nancy Madden was fifth in the race with 356 votes but missed the cut.

Other totals

Other vote totals among the council candidates were as follows: Deb Campobasso, 324; John Lindell, 243; Gary Hogle, 226; Kraig Anderson, 129; Daniel Skupien, 126; Wyman Detzler, 118; Michael White, 113; Charles Amann, 99; Jerry Anderson, 86; Don Baber, 74; Connie Amos, 72; Jim Schreyer, 68; Jim Hillman, 47; and Louie DiBerardin, 28.

The results will become official when the town board meets at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13 to certify the results. The first Scandia City Council will take office on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007.

The next city council election will come in November of 2008. At that election, the position of mayor and the two two-year council terms will be on the ballot.

The voter turnout on Dec. 12 was near 50 percent for registered voters in New Scandia Township, said Town Administrator Anne Hurlburt. She becomes city administrator when Scandia officially becomes a city.

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