The Platte County R-3 School Board will have a new member at the next meeting. Jeana Houlahan, newcomer, and Karen Wagoner were elected to serve. Houlahan received 524 votes and Wagoner received 394 at Tuesday’s election. Also running but not elected were Alan Williams with 244 votes and Bill Kephart with 218. Voter turnout for the district was only 6.8 percent, with 822 people voting.
Platte City’s three aldermen up for reelection will resume their positions at the next board meeting. Ron Stone, Andy Stanton and Aaron Jung were all re-elected to the board on Tuesday. Stone defeated Lee Roy Van Lew 61-25 in ward one. Stanton edged Ron Porter 53-52 in ward two, with Michael Walsh pulling 29 votes. Jung was unopposed in ward three.
A state audit is being conducted on the Platte County Public Water Supply District No. 6 after a petition by a resident. County resident Martin Olson collected 256 signatures on a petition to request that Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee’s office conduct an audit of the district. According to Olson, he requested the audit because he could not get answers from the board of directors about finances and salaries of employees. “I wanted to get answers. I wanted to know why the office manager was paid mileage for attending board meetings and the board told me it was none of my business,” Olson said.