Henderson voters elect new City Council member; Boulder City residents vote on ballot questions

By Conor Shine

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 | 11:36 p.m.

Henderson voters selected a new member of the City Council and Boulder City residents voted on a full slate of ballot questions, from the purchase of new city vehicles to the residency requirements to run for mayor or the council.

About 13,000 voters turned out to vote in Henderson; in Boulder City, 3,600 voters weighed in on six ballot questions.

Henderson

With only one race on the ballot, Henderson voters chose Sam Bateman over former Police Chief Mike Mayberry to represent Ward 4 on the City Council.

Bateman chairs the city’s Planning Commission and has worked for the district attorney’s office since 2004.

He collected 63 percent of the vote, beating Mayberry by about 3,500 votes.

Mayberry served on the Henderson police force for nearly 30 years before stepping down in 2005. He ran for mayor in 2009 but lost in the primary.

Boulder City

There were no races on the Boulder City ballot, but voters were presented with a series of six issues for consideration.

Two questions dealt with whether to approve expenditures from the city’s capital improvement fund for new vehicles for the police and fire departments.

A $350,000 allocation to replace the Fire Department’s two ambulances passed with 60 percent of the vote, but a similar request to purchase several new police cars at a cost of $250,000 failed.

A measure to shorten the minimum residency required to run for mayor or City Council from two years to 30 days failed, as did a proposal requiring an election every four years to fill the city attorney’s position.

Voters approved an initiative allowing the city to refinance its debt obligation with the Southern Nevada Water Authority if the opportunity arises. This was in response to an ordinance passed in 2010 that required voter approval of all new city debt obligations greater than $1 million.

Fifty-eight percent of voters approved a measure allowing the city to sell a four-acre tract of land to the Library District for $1. The district had been leasing the land since 1999.