(Red Oak, Iowa) – Montgomery County Auditor Jill Ozuna, Tuesday evening, issued a statement indicating “Per Iowa code Lots were drawn to determine Candidate Ballot Order” today (Tuesday) and that 5-p.m. was the deadline for objections and withdrawals.

Listed below are the candidate positions in ballot order, along with public measures, for the upcoming City-School Election on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. The polls will be open from 7-a.m. until 8-p.m. that day.

CITY OFFICES THAT WILL BE ON VARIOUS BALLOTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Red Oak City Offices and Candidates Filed:

Mayor – Vote for One: Shawnna L. Silvius

Council Member Ward #1 – Vote for One: John F. Haidsiak

Council Member Ward #3 – Vote for One: Adam Hietbrink

Council Member At Large – Vote for One Sharon Bradley

Elliott City Offices and Candidates Filed:

Mayor – Vote for One: Michael Carson

Council Member At Large – Vote for Two: Leta Rush, Lisa Jamison

Grant City Offices and Candidates Filed:

Mayor – Vote for One: John J. Giefing, Emerson Hill

Council Member At Large – Vote for Five: Greg Karwal, Connie K. Giefing, Clay Amos, Chelsea Dvorak, Lyn Sliger, Jeff Brown, Nancy Taylor

Stanton City Offices and Candidates Filed:

Mayor – Vote for One: None Filed

Council Member At Large – Vote for two: Pier Osweiler, Greg Hampel

Council Member At Large – TFV- Vote for one: Justin R. Rhamy

Coburg City Offices and Candidates Filed:

Council Member At Large – Vote for Three: None Filed

Villisca City Offices and Candidates Filed:

Mayor – Vote for One: Marilyn Halda

Council Member At Large – Vote for Three: Robert Tripp Narup, Marsha S. Shepherd, Vince Abraham, Gabrielle Jackson

SCHOOL BOARDS THAT WILL BE ON VARIOUS BALLOTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Red Oak School Board:

Director At Large – Vote for Two: Ashley York, Scott Bruce, Aaron D. Schmid

Stanton School Board:

Director At Large – Vote for Two: John McDonald, Zachary Ward

Villisca School Board:

Director At Large – Vote for Three: Richard Allen Mullen, Jason Poston, Tom A. Williams

East Mills School Board:

Director District #1 East – Vote for One: Mark Stearns

Director District #2 West – Vote for One: Trent Jones

Director District At Large – TFV – Vote for One: Suzanne Schraft, Nicole Marie Semrau, Dana Carter

Essex School Board:

Director At Large – Vote for Three: Doug Ohnmacht, Meredith K. Baker, Brian R. Johnson

Director At Large – TFV – Vote for One: Heidi Hossle

Griswold School Board:

Director At Large – Vote for One: Ryan Smith

Shenandoah School Board:

Director At Large – Vote for Two: Jeffrey A. Hiser, Glenn Owen Mason Jr, William Brent Twyman

Iowa Western Community College:

Director District #1 – Vote for One: Gilbert Thomas

Director District #2 – Vote for One: Kerry Newman

Southwestern Community College:

Director District #2 – Vote for One: Fred Shearer

Director District #3 – TFV – Vote for One: Susan Stearns

Director District #4 – Vote for One: Carol Saxton

Director District #7 – Vote for One: Amy Mobley

Director District #8 – Vote for One: John Cass

PUBLIC MEASURES THAT WILL BE ON VARIOUS BALLOTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

East Mills School District: Public Measure OZ:

Shall the Board of Directors of the East Mills Community School District, in the Counties of Mills and Montgomery, State of Iowa, for the purpose of purchasing and improving grounds; constructing schoolhouses or buildings and opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings; purchasing of buildings; purchase, lease or lease­ purchase of technology and equipment; paying debts contracted for the erection or construction of schoolhouses or buildings, not including interest on bonds; procuring or acquisition of libraries; repairing, remodeling, reconstructing, improving, or expanding the schoolhouses or buildings and additions to existing schoolhouses; expenditures for energy conservation; renting facilities under Iowa Code Chapter 28E; purchasing transportation equipment for transporting students; lease purchase option agreements for school buildings or equipment; purchasing equipment authorized by law; or for any purpose or purposes now or hereafter authorized by law, be authorized for a period of ten (10) years to levy and impose a voter-approved physical plant and equipment tax of not exceeding One Dollar Thirty-four Cents ($1.34) per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of assessed valuation of the taxable property within the school district, and be authorized annually, in combination, as determined by the board, to levy a physical plant and equipment property tax upon all the taxable property within the school district commencing with the levy of property taxes for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and to impose a physical plant and equipment income surtax upon the state individual income tax of each individual income taxpayer resident in the school district on December 31 for each calendar year commencing with calendar year 2025, or each year thereafter?

Essex School District: Public Measure QV

Shall the Board of Directors of the Essex Community School District, in the Counties of Page and Montgomery, State of Iowa, for the purpose of purchasing and improving grounds; constructing schoolhouses or buildings and opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings; purchasing of buildings; purchase, lease or lease-purchase of technology and equipment; paying debts contracted for the erection or construction of schoolhouses or buildings, not including interest on bonds; procuring or acquisition of libraries; repairing, remodeling, reconstructing, improving, or expanding the schoolhouses or buildings and additions to existing schoolhouses; expenditures for energy conservation; renting facilities under Iowa Code Chapter 28E; purchasing transportation equipment for transporting students; lease purchase option agreements for school buildings or equipment; purchasing equipment authorized by law; or for any purpose or purposes now or hereafter authorized by law, be authorized for a period of ten (10) years, to levy annually, a voter-approved physical plant and equipment property tax not to exceed One Dollar Thirty-Four Cents ($1.34) per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the school district commencing with the levy for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, or each year thereafter?