After the last day of filings for the April 7 election, Hillsboro R-3, Dunklin R-5 and Fox C-6 school districts have stacked school board contests, with 20 candidates among them signed up to run.
Each school board has two available three-year terms. There are eight candidates for the R-3 board, and six apiece for boards serving R-5 and C-6.
Six other school districts also will have races: Crystal City, Festus R-6, Grandview R-2, Jefferson R-7, Northwest R-1 and Sunrise R-9.
The only school districts without school board races are De Soto and Windsor.
The cities of Pevely and Byrnes Mill both have two-candidate races for mayor, and each of Pevely’s three wards have races for service on the Board of Aldermen. For the Jefferson College board, five candidates are competing for two seats.
Seats are open April 7 for boards that govern school districts, cities, fire, ambulance, water, sewer and road districts, as well as Jefferson College and the Jefferson County Health Department.
Following is an unofficial list of candidates who had filed for seats on local councils and boards by Tuesday
Incumbents are denoted with an (I).
CITIES:
■ Arnold: City Council (two-year terms) – Ward 1, Jason Fulbright (I), Doris Borgelt; Ward 2, David Owens; Ward 3, Phil Amato (I), Bob Lindsley; Ward 4, Butch Cooley (I).
■ Byrnes Mill: Mayor (two-year term) – Susan Gibson (I), Devon Ising; Board of Aldermen (two-year terms) – Ward 1, Robert Prado (I); Ward 2, Jerry Klipsch (I); Ward 3, Mary Scheble (I).
■ Cedar Hill Lakes: Board of Trustees (three two-year terms elected at large) – no filings.
■ Crystal City: Treasurer (two-year term) – Hanley E. Cherry; City Council (two-year terms) – Ward 1, Jack Ginnever; Ward 2, Tony Becker; Ward 3, Ken Jones; Ward 4, David Picarella (I).
■ De Soto: City Council (two three-year terms, members serve at large) – Larry M. Sanders Sr. (I), David J. Agnew, Roger D. Charleville (I), Larry Bridges, Ray Chilton.
■ Festus: Mayor (four-year term) – Mike Cage (I); City Council (two-year terms) – Ward 1, Paul Schaffer; Ward 2, Tim Montgomery (I); Ward 3, Bobby Venz (I); Ward 4, Michael Cook.
■ Herculaneum: Mayor (two-year term) – Bill Haggard (I); Board of Aldermen (two-year terms) – Ward 1, Mike Burlage (I); Ward 2, Norm Seithel (I); Ward 3, Joseph Burke.
■ Hillsboro: Mayor (two-year term) – Frank Roland (I); Board of Aldermen (two-year terms) – Ward 1, Brenda King (I); Ward 2, Michael Stork; Ward 3, Nancy Maxwell (I); Ward 4, Joyce Twiggs (I).
■ Kimmswick: Mayor (two-year term) – Philip Stang; Board of Aldermen (two-year terms) – Ward 1, Connie Schmitt (I); Ward 2, Heather Rice.
■ Lake Tekakwitha: Board of Trustees (three two-year terms elected at large) – Joseph Bowers (I).
■ Olympian Village: No filings reported.
■ Parkdale: Board of Trustees (three two-year terms) – Kenneth Beck (I), Sherry Schlichtig (I).
■ Peaceful Village: No information available.
■ Pevely: Mayor (two-year term) – Stephanie Haas, Ed Walters; Board of Aldermen (two-year terms) – Ward 1, Steve Markus, Debbie Hurley (I); Ward 2, Russ Shackleford, Linda Hahn; Ward 3, Don Menkhus, William “Bill” Ryan, Ilda Kennon (I).
■ Scotsdale: Board of Trustees (two two-year terms elected at large) – Terisa Koehler (I), Melinda Holahan (I).
BOARDS OF EDUCATION:
■ Crystal City: Ken Holdinghausen (I), Jonathan Woolard, Gary Helwig.
■ De Soto: Beverly Wilson (I), Terry Noble.
■ Dunklin: Michael Hicks, Tammy Heidland, Pamela Cernik, Cheryl Aylesworth (I), Thomas Christman Jr., Linda Hahn (I).
■ Festus: Doug Wendel (I), Mike Wolk (I), Kristen Scaggs, Stephen Holt.
■ Fox: Chris Hastings, Sherry Chellew Poppen, Drew Kriese, Mark Jones, David Palmer (I), Robin Hanson.
■ Grandview: Abraham Eoff, Matt Tribout, Bob Gearhart, Gary Bohler, Peter Faust.
■ Hillsboro: Lisa Welker, Dennis Bradley, JoEllen Stringer (I), Erick Stephenson, Robert Thebeau, Scott Honer, Dr. Paul Maynard (I), Anthony Dwayne Ruble.
■ Jefferson R-7: Steve Floyd (I), Wayne Surratt II, Sara N. Harmon, Dave Welker (I), Sherri (Fulbright) Rawe.
■ Northwest: Chris Shelton (I), Victoria James (I), Sherry Ziegler.
■ Sunrise: Andy Coleman (I), Sue Dennis, Terri Klaus (I).
■ Windsor: Tom Krupp, Michael Dubis (I).
JEFFERSON COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
Two seats (six-year terms) – Steve Meinberg (I), Dave Davis, Barbara Stocker, George Engelbach (I), Avery A. Fortenberry.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Three seats (four-year terms) – John M. Scullin (I), Timothy J. Pigg (I), Dennis Diehl.
AMBULANCE: Each district has two seats available, each with a three-year term.
■ Big River (serves 125 square miles in areas north of Hillsboro): Richard A. LaBarge Jr. (I), Jacquelyn Waller (I).
■ Joachim-Plattin (serves 180 square miles in southeast Jefferson County): Denise Manning-Gebhardt (I), Terry Thomas (I).
■ North Jefferson (serves 32 square miles in northwest Jefferson County): Kurt Weffelmeyer, Kathy Hennessey (I).
■ Rock Township (serves 108 square miles in northeast Jefferson County): Don Wieland (I), Anita Clark (I).
■ Valle (serves 250 square miles in southwest Jefferson County): Becky Lowry (I), Larry Cain (I), Nathan “Nate” M. Myers.
FIRE: Each district has one or two seats available, each with a six-year term.
■ De Soto Rural (serves 260 square miles south and southwest Jefferson County): two seats – Dustin Lowry (I), Joe Valle (I), Nathan “Nate” M. Myers.
■ Eureka (serves 82 square miles, about a third of which is in northwest Jefferson County and the rest in St. Louis County): one seat – Patrick Feder (I).
■ Hematite (serves 48 square miles in rural Festus and Hematite): one seat – Larry Gebhardt (I).
■ High Ridge (serves 92 square miles in northern Jefferson County): one seat – Carol Greife.
■ Hillsboro (serves 42 square miles in Hillsboro and surrounding areas): one seat – Robert D. Brown (I).
■ Mapaville (serves 22 square miles in parts of the Pevely, Hillsboro and Festus areas): two seats – no filings.
■ Pacific (serves 78 square miles in Jefferson, Franklin and St. Louis counties): one seat – Edwin Bruns, John Davis.
■ Saline Valley (serves 19 square miles in the Jefferson County portion of Fenton and other nearby areas): one seat – Mark Miner (I), Dennis Howard.
The Antonia, Cedar Hill, Dunklin, Goldman, Jefferson R-7 and Rock Community fire protection districts will not have board elections in 2015.
SEWER: Both districts that have responded to information requests have one seat available for a five-year term.
■ Glaize Creek (serves the Barnhart area): Robert Hollmann (I).
■ Lake Adelle (serves Lake Adelle area near Cedar Hill): one seat – could not be reached.
■ Valle Lake (serves Valle Lake south of De Soto): one seat – Eldon Smith (I).
WATER: Each district has one or two seats available, each with a three-year term.
■ Public Water Supply District C-1 (serves Imperial and nearby areas): two seats – Subdistrict No. 2, Gene Barbagallo (I), Ben Nungester; Subdistrict No. 3, Tina Malone (I).
■ Public Water Supply District No. 1 (serves the city of Arnold): one seat – Subdistrict No. 3, Ralph Sippel (I).
■ Public Water Supply District No. 2 (serves the High Ridge area): one seat – Subdistrict No. 5, Robert Mahlandt.
■ Public Water Supply District No. 3 (serves the Fenton area): two seats – Subdistrict No. 3, no filings; Subdistrict No. 5, no filings.
■ Public Water Supply District No. 5 (serves the Hematite area): two seats – Subdistrict No. 2, Denise Phelps (I); Subdistrict No. 3, David Twomey (I).
■ Public Water Supply District No. 6 (serves the House Springs area): two seats – Subdistrict No. 2, no filings; Subdistrict No. 5, Larry Briggs (I).
■ Public Water Supply District No. 7 (serves the Hillsboro area): two seats – Subdistrict No. 2, Sharon Reed (I); Subdistrict No. 3, Gary Peters (I).
■ Public Water Supply District No. 8 (serves the Cedar Hill area): one seat – Subdistrict 5, John Kriegesmann (I).
■ Public Water Supply District No. 10 (serves a portion of the Imperial area): one seat – Subdistrict 2, no filings.
■ Public Water Supply District No. 12 (serves southeast Jefferson County): two seats – Subdistrict No. 1, no filings; Subdistrict 5, Dennis Hoffman (I).
■ Public Water Supply District No. 13 (serves Lake Tishomingo): two seats – Subdistrict No. 1, no filings; Subdistrict 2, no filings.
SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICTS: Each district has one seat available for a three-year term.
■ Festus: Mike Schrage (I).
■ Hillsboro: Gary W. Boyer (I).