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City elections in Monroe and Prairie City have both familiar and new faces set to take office.
According to unofficial results for the Nov. 4 city and school board elections, current Prairie City City Council Member Phil Holland will now serve as mayor and current council member Beth James retained her seat running unopposed. Doug Duinink will have another term as Monroe’s mayor, and incumbents Andrea Steenhoek and Jennifer St. Peter will be joined by newcomer Hayden Johnston on the Monroe City Council.
Two public measures went before the citizens of Monroe: Continuing the Local Option Sales Tax and a bond referendum to build a new or remodel the current city hall building. With 75.11 percent approval, LOST passed 329 votes to 109 opposed. The bond referendum failed to pass with 77.28 percent of citizens voting against the measure.
The PCM School Board will have a new member. Cole Van Ryswyk brought in 543 votes to incumbent Greg Ingle’s 286 votes for the District 2 seat. Current board members Lori Jungling and Ryan Van Der Kamp were reelected having run unopposed.