Voters approve hotel/motel tax in Waukon, change in funding rates in Waterville

Voters in the communities of Allamakee County had little, if any, choice to make in electing candidates to their respective seats in the Tuesday, November 8 City Elections, as none of the five mayor seats, 22 city council positions nor four other official positions on the ballots featured a contested race.
The choice of "yes" or "no" was, however, on the ballots in both Waukon and Waterville, as both communities were faced with Public Measure items for voter approval. Waukon voters narrowly passed the four-percent hotel/motel tax put in front of them, giving just over 54% approval by a 152-127 margin. Waterville voters also approved (by a 16-2 margin) their Public Measure E, which called for switching the percentage rates for use of sales and service tax revenue between the public safety and repair fund (40% to 20%) and the fund for sewer system maintenance (20% to 40%).
The most unusual circumstance within the elected positions on the ballots occurred within the City of Lansing's elected officials, as the mayor seat and four of the five city council positions did not have declared candidates. In addition to returning that lone declared candidate, incumbent council member Deb Volker, to her seat, Lansing voters did likewise through write-in votes to incumbent council members Bill Burke, Joe Strobel, Becky Conway and Jeff Bechtel, as well as Mayor Don Peters.
Those Lansing vote totals follow:
City of Lansing
Mayor: Don Peters - 111
City Council:
Deb Volker - 87
Jeff Bechtel - 52
Becky Conway - 48
Bill Burke - 31
Joe Strobel - 27

All other city elections followed course with no contested races among declared candidates, including the following vote totals:

City of Waukon
Mayor: Loren Beneke - 220
City Council At-Large:
Trent Mitchell - 241
City Council Ward 2:
Dave Sanderson - 82
Veterans Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees:
Dennis Lyons - 244
Dave Stangeland - 238
Kevin Hanson - 228

City of Waterville
Mayor: Dave Monserud - 15
City Council:
Janice Donahue - 17
Kurt Rathbun - 15
Bob Ryan - 15
Robbie Burrett - 14
Robert Schlitter - 13

City of New Albin
Mayor: Barry Stahl - 67
City Council At-Large:
Joel Monroe - 71
Joel Sires, Jr. - 67
Kathy Goetzinger - 62
City Council To Fill A Vacancy:
Deb Stantic - 70
City Treasurer:
Diane Erbe - 76

City of Harpers Ferry
Mayor: Jerry Valley - 20
City Council:
Betty Palmer - 25
Norman Delphey - 23
Robert Holm - 22

City of Postville
City Council:
Larry Moore - 104
Ross Malcolm - 99
Jason Meyer - 95