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Two Incumbent Trustees Face Reelection Competition
Spring Election Also Features Municipal Judge, County Supervisor Contests
Four Village of Fontana residents and two of the incumbent Village Trustees facing reelection will be battling for the three Village Trustee positions in the Spring 2012 Election on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.
The four residents filed their Declarations of Candidacy for Village Trustee on December 21 and 22, 2011 following incumbent Village Trustee Peg Pollitt's filing of a Notification of Noncandidacy.
Trustee Polliltt withdrew her previously filed Declaration of Candidacy and filed the Notification of Noncandidacy on December 21, 2011. The other two Village of Fontana Board of Trustees members and the Municipal Court judge who are facing reelection in the spring election declared their candidacy and will have competition; however, there is no need for a primary election in the Village of Fontana.
Incumbent Municipal Court Judge David C. Jensen will face the former municipal court judge, Pete Wilson. According to the terms of the recently adopted state law, Act 402, the term for Municipal Court judge will be four years.
Jensen, 738 Adahi Way, filed his Declaration of Candidacy December 2, 2011 and his Nomination Papers December 16, 2011. He will be seeking his third term in office. Jensen was first elected to a two-year term in April 2008 and was reelected without opposition in April 2010.
Former Municipal Court Judge Pete Wilson, 813 Van Slyke Drive, filed his Declaration of Candidacy December 16, 2011 and his Nomination Papers on December 20, 2011. Pete Wilson was the Fontana Municipal Court judge until April 2008, when he was defeated in his bid for reelection by Jensen.
Trustee Cynthia J. Wilson, 813 Van Slyke Drive, filed her Declaration of Candidacy December 2, 2011 and her Nomination Papers December 22, 2011. She will be seeking her second term in office after winning election in April 2010. Trustee Wilson is the current chairman of the Park Commission and one of the Village Board representatives on the CDA Board.
Trustee Patrick Kenny, 785 Indian Hills Road, filed his Declaration of Candidacy December 5, 2011 and his Nomination Papers on December 8, 2011. Trustee Kenny, the current chairman of the Finance Committee and the Environmental Committee, is seeking his third two-year term in office. He was first appointed to the Village Board on October 15, 2007 to complete the unexpired term of former Trustee Joseph Bidwill. Kenny was elected to a full two-year term in April 2008 and was reelected in April 2010.
Trustee Pollitt, 425 Harvard Avenue, initially filed a Declaration of Candidacy on December 9, 2011 and was going to be seeking her second term in office after winning election in April 2010.
Village of Fontana Board of Review, Lakefront and Harbor Committee and Protection Committee member Rick Pappas, 543 Akwenasa Way, filed a Declaration of Candidacy December 21, 2011 and his Nomination Papers on December 27, 2011 for Village Trustee. Pappas has previously run unsuccessfully for Village Trustee and State Representative.
Finance Committee member Scott Vilona, 879 Van Slyke Drive, filed his Declaration of Candidacy on December 21, 2011 and his Nomination Papers on January 3, 2012 for Village Trustee. Vilona has been a member of the Finance Committee since April 2011, when he was appointed by the Village Board to complete the term of Lou Loenneke. Vilona is also a member of the Country Club Estates Association Board of Directors.
Human Resources Committee member Brandon R. Marvin, 529 Forest Glen, filed his Declaration of Candidacy on December 22, 2011 and his Nomination Papers on January 3, 2012 for Village Trustee. Marvin has been a member of the Human Resources Committee since June 2008.
Plan Commission member Derek J. D'Auria, 860 Sauganash Drive, filed his Declaration of Candidacy on December 22, 2011 and his Nomination Papers on January 3, 2012 for Village Trustee. D'Auria has been a member of the Plan Commission since 2006.
County Board Race
Village Trustee George Joseph Spadoni, Jr., 540 Oak Street, is challenging incumbent Walworth County Supervisor Richard Brandl for the District No. 9 seat in the spring election. Trustee Spadoni was elected as a village trustee in April 1997 and won reelection in 1999 and 2001 before losing his bid for a fourth consecutive two-year term in April 2003. Spadoni, who served as a Plan Commissioner from April 2003 to April 2007, won election to another two-year term as village trustee in April 2007 and was reelected to two-year terms in April 2009 and 2011.
Walworth County Supervisor Richard Brandl, N2084 County Line Road, is completing his first two-year term in office. District Number 9 includes the villages of Fontana, Walworth and Sharon and a portion of the Towns of Linn, Walworth and Sharon.
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Reek School District Special Referendum Fails by 4 Votes
A total of 16 of the 31 Village of Fontana voters who reside in the Reek Joint 6 Elementary School District voted in the Tuesday, October 18, 2011 special referendum held at the combined polling location at the Linn Town Hall, Zenda. Ten of the Fontana voters voted yes on the referendum question, and 6 voted no.
The Reek referendum question failed to earn approval for a second time in 2011 by a total vote of 183 yes to 187 no, as 370 voters from the Towns of Linn and Walworth and the Village of Fortana Ward 2 turned out.
On April 5, 2011, the same referendum question was on the spring election ballot and Village of Fontana voters cast 14 yes votes and 12 no votes.
The referendum question was: “Shall the School Board of the Joint School District Number 6, Towns of Linn and Walworth, Village of Fontana, Walworth County, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $3,900,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of repair, replacement and improvement projects to Reek Elementary School including projects to improve energy efficiency, update technology infrastructure and acquire furnishings, fixtures, and equipment?” Results Tape
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