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4 p.m. May 28: Updated with latest vote tallies.
Lane County voters narrowly flipped the results for some local option levy and tax requests in unofficial tallies released May 21, and the trend continued in partial results released Thursday, May 28.
The next round of election results will be released on June 10, according to county election officials. The results will be certified on June 15, officials said.
Proposed levy increases for the county’s Oregon State University Extension Service and Springfield’s Willamalane Park and Recreation District are holding a slim lead in unofficial results.
As of 4 p.m. Thursday, 50.32% of Lane County voters supported a levy increase to expand programs offered through the Lane County branch of the Oregon State University Extension Service. The Extension Service provides 4-H youth programs and classes about gardening, agriculture and forestry, among other topics.
The partial results also showed that 51.41% of Springfield voters approved increasing the Willamalane Parks and Recreation District levy. According to Willamalane Executive Director Michael Wargo, the increase would allow the park district to maintain current levels of service; without it, officials said the district would have to cut services.
In the Fern Ridge Library District, the measure to renew the district’s five-year local option levy appears to have passed.
Partial results indicate that 54.75% of the voters said “yes” to renewing the Fern Ridge levy, which funds staff, library materials and other programs and services. If the levy passes, it would not increase the tax rates that property owners currently pay annually.
But it’s a different story for some of the other ballot measures in the county.
In western coastal Lane County, Siuslaw School District voters rejected a $139 million school bond proposal. In Thursday’s partial results, 62.56% of voters opposed the bond measure, with only 37.44% for it.
The measure sought to remodel Siuslaw Elementary School, make traffic safety improvements at district schools and build a new high school, replacing Siuslaw High School, which was built in 1970.
And in the Dexter Rural Fire Protection District, voters approved the renewal of the district’s five-year local option tax, which funds around-the-clock staffing, daily operations, equipment, training and maintenance. As of 4 p.m. Thursday, 68.5% of voters approved renewing the levy, which doesn’t increase the tax rates that property owners currently pay annually.
