Hospital proposal failing

Pullman Hospital District’s levy request to fund a $29 million bond measure lost another 1.8 tenths of a percent in the latest count of ballots. The auditor’s elections office late Monday issued a tally for 10,548 votes after tabulating another 547 at the start of the week.

An estimated 40 ballots remain to be counted with the next report set for Monday. Some of those will be reviewed by the canvass board and could be disqualified.

Tally for the Pullman measure, which has been just under the required 60 percent approval rate in successive ballot counts, was 2,666 in favor and 1,821 opposed for 59.42 percent.

The measure after the second count topped the 60 percent mark, but then dropped below it.

The hospital proposal and Lamont School District’s proposal for $1 levy per $1,000 were the lone funding proposals to fail in the election.

The Lamont proposal failed with 20 in favor and 24 opposed for 45.45 precent.

Monday night’s count also ended in a tie in the race for the Endicott town council seat six. Greg Burns and Andrew Wolfe each now have 49 votes.

Pullman council races finished close, but incumbents held slim leads. Ann Parks finished with 1,405 for 51.53 percent over challenger Chris Johnson with 1,313. Eileen Macoll finished with 2,065 for 51.38 percent and Francis Benjamin had 1,929.

Rosalia’s request for a $95,000 special levy for streets finished with a 62.9 percent yes with 117 in favor and 69 opposed. The levy sought $4.62 per $1,000 assessed value, the steepest rate request on the ballot.

At Uniontown, Johnathan Musson, who moved ahead in the previous count, finished with a 57-54 win over Jack Espy. The two were tied in the election night count.

The roads levy passed with simply majority at 53.62 percent. Earlier reports of it failing were incorrectly based on the belief 60 percent approval was needed to pass.