| Carlson
declared the winner in Mendon's close council race
By Cody Gochnour
December 7, 2007 | MENDON -- With the new year comes
a new City Council, mostly. Mayor Michael Morgan and
Councilman Jon Hardman thanked council members Leslie
Larson, Allen Gardner and RoseAnn Brandley at last month's
council meeting, the last of the year.
They also congratulated George Allen Deweese and Jason
L. Wooden who will be joining them in January. The race
for the third seat, however, was still undecided as
a close race between write-in candidates necessitated
waiting for an absentee ballot count.
With the final numbers in, Mike Carlson emerged the
winner of the write-in race.
The council also heard from two applicants for the
seat left open earlier this fall when Julie Gwilliam
resigned. The public portion of the meeting was then
closed so that the council could discuss the applicants
and suggest their choice to Mayor Morgan for final approval.
Phil Coulter was selected and will remain on the council
for two years, finishing Gwilliam's term.
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