Town Clerk Kristi Adkins said materials from Casto and Harris for the upcoming election had arrived and apologized to councilmember Mark Mareske about his name being misspelled on the ballot.
"There is an extra "E" on there," Mareske quipped about the error on the ballot.
Adkins noted there had been some questions about write-ins and noted that the deadline for write in candidates to file was April 28.
"That was the last day they could pay their fees," Adkins said, adding that she checked with the Secretary of State's office which had confirmed that the town had to have early voting. Adkins said early voting would be on May 30 and June 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The main election is June 9.
The election will take place at John Jingo Hall but the early elections will take place at town hall behind the post office.
Adkins said the town would have to find a Republican and a Democrat for poll workers for the early election as well as for the general election which will also need a trained ballot commissioner. Councilmembers discussed the pay for poll workers.
"Nobody listed on the ballot can be around the election," Adkins said.
Mayor Darren Akers said the most important thing on the ballot was a proposal for four year terms to save money for the town, which has seen the cost in materials, poll workers and other costs for elections going up, up and away over the years.
"Elections are expensive and if we make this switch we can save a lot of money," Akers said.
In recent years other municipalities have looked into ways to save money on elections. In the town of Man, the primary election was gotten rid of — a move which reportedly saved that municipality thousands.
"This is a change, but it could definitely save us some money and money is usually tight," Akers noted.
The council was also approached by a local man who had purchased a piece of property which he is having trouble accessing as a neighbor had reportedly closed off the road by placing a structure on it.
Town Attorney Dan Dahill looked at the property on a map and said the access should not be blocked off.
"It's a property in the city," Dahill said. "This is a map from the courthouse showing a right of way. It shows a street here. If it has been closed, and she did build on it, she is in good shape, but I don't think it was closed."
"Well, write a letter to the lady," Mayor Darren Akers recommended. "Give her 30 days to respond."
One councilmember said the property owner might be helped by getting an easement. The property owner said he had approached the Logan County Commission about the problem and was told to come to the town council meeting because the property was within the municipality limit.
Adkins also spoke about a proposed town clean up, noting that local teens could get community service credits for participation.
Mayor Akers recommended having the West Logan Clean Up on May 30.
"We can make it a big event, and we should try to get the Key Club members involved," Akers said.
In other West Logan news:
• Kristi Adkins also discussed the findings of a health and exercise assessment done in West Logan.
"They wanted to look at our community and see if they could make it more feasible for people to walk or ride their bicycles," Adkins said. One recommendation was to widen the sidewalks, which was not feasible, noted Town Attorney Dan Dahill.
•Kristi Adkins said there were some extra expenditures in this months bills. One was a $800 repair bill for the town's police car which needed repairs for tie rod ends and other problems as well as for a recently completed audit. Adkins said grant money from the county for law enforcement could be used for the police car repairs. Dan Dahill said he had applied for another $5,000 grant from the community small block grant program courtesy of the Logan County Commission. Akers noted that Dahill had worked out a discount on the audit.
• The levy was voted on and approved for adoption.
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