Lone candidates elected

January 28, 2018, 5:03 pm

By Linda Petersen

FAIRFIELD — The general election was recently canceled by the town after it was determined that there was just one candidate running for each open position. Those candidates were Brad Gurley for mayor and RL Panek and Konnie Savage for town council. In this situation state law allows the municipality to cancel the election as long as there are no propositions on the ballot and the candidates are considered to have been elected to those positions as if they had won the election by ballot. The new council members will be sworn in on or near January 2, 2018.

The council is currently working on updating the town's land use ordinance. The planning and zoning commission has already made its recommendations. Mayor Brad Gurney has asked the council to review the documents. He would like to remove anything that is not necessary, he said.

As part of that revision, the council is updating the commercial zone to allow for mixed-use, commercial/residential in the zone. Current discussion includes a suggestion by the planning commission that the zoning only allow one use per parcel of land. That would impact home-based businesses, which, if the council expands the definition of a home occupation/small home-based business to what is being considered would mean that the home would have to be in the front of the lot and the small business in the back, Mayor Brad Gurney told the council and visitors at their October 12 meeting. A home-based business should not adversely impact surrounding residents or affect the residential characteristics of the neighborhood, or significantly increase traffic, he said. If the landowner declared that the business was commercial, then he/she would not be able to put a home on the lot.

Additionally, the council agreed that the commercial zone will become a residential zone with a commercial overlay in the designated commercial area.

The town has $6,000 in interest that was generated by the water project bond and which must be used on the water project. The council is considering putting a steel or concrete wall around the wells control/electrical box at the suggestion of Councilmember RL Panek. Panek will get estimates from contractors and provide the information for the council to review. Other suggestions for the funds by council members have included a lawnmower to keep the weeds down by the project and the construction of a dirt berm around the spring.

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Lone candidates elected

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