Montgomery Patch Election Scorecard, Part Two

Here is the second part of our handy guide to your March 20 ballot, focusing on the county races and the referendums. (For part one, which included congressional and state races, click .) Between now and the start of early voting on Feb. 27, Patch will give you more information on each of these races and questions.

(Note: We linked the campaign websites we could find. If we missed yours, let us know!)

County Boards

Montgomery is currently represented on the Kane County Board by Jesse Vazquez, who will go up against Greg Nelson in the fall. They are the only two candidates in District 8, so they’re both running without challengers on March 20. Of course, much of the attention will be paid to the contentious County Board Chair race—the two Republicans have been heating things up recently, and we still have a month and a half to go.

Kane County Board Chair
Republican
Kevin Burns, 932 Kenston Court, Geneva
Chris Lauzen, 116 S. Elmwood Dr., Aurora
Democrat
Bill Sarto, 101 Briarwood Ave., Carpentersville
Sue Klinkhamer, 1700 Ronzheimer Ave., St. Charles

Kane County Board District 8
Republican
Gregory Nelson, 219 Jefferson St., Montgomery
Democrat
Jesse Vazquez (I), 176 Maple Ridge Lane, Montgomery

There are multiple candidates vying to serve in the two Kendall County Board districts, even after Republican Yorkville Alderman Marty Munns was removed from the ballot in District 1, and fellow Republican Keith Wheeler removed his name from consideration. Amy Cesich is the only Democrat running in District 1. Here’s the rundown:

Kendall County Board District 1
Republican
Robert "H.D." Davidson (I), 244 Jeter Road, Plano
Judy Gilmour, 32 Fox Glen Drive, Yorkville
Todd Milliron, 61 Cotswold Drive, Yorkville
Suzanne Petrella (I), 1394 Route 31, Oswego
Matthew Prochaska, 50 S. Royal Oaks Drive, Bristol
John Purcell (I), 458 Landmark Ave., Yorkville
John Shaw (I), 8270 E. Highpoint Road, Yorkville
Jeff Spang, P.O. Box 52, Millbrook
Democrat
Amy Cesich, 1912 Banbury Ave., Yorkville

Kendall Country Board District 2
Republican
Michael Becker, 111 Northampton Drive, Oswego
Lynn Cullick, 232 Angela Circle, Oswego
Scott Gryder, 4630 McLaren Drive, Oswego
Dan Koukol (I), 1690 Collins Road, Oswego
Thomas McWilliams, 2146 Cool Creek Court, Aurora
Jeremy Swanson, 44 Circle Drive W. Montgomery
Anne Vickery (I), 4728 Chicago Road, Minooka
Jeffrey Wehrli (I), 27 Na-Au-Say Court, Oswego
Democrat
Evelyn Maxine Givens, 580 Lincoln Station, Oswego
Kristine Heiman, 5100 Baseline Road, Oswego
Herman Johnson, 717 Bohannon Circle, Oswego

For the other Kane and Kendall County positions, check .

Referendums

Both the Kane and Kendall portions of Montgomery will see a question on the ballot about aggregating electricity service. You can read up on that , but the idea is that the village will hopefully negotiate better electric rates for its residents than ComEd is offering. Residents of unincorporated Kane County will get the same question, but with the county negotiating electric rates. Here’s what the questions look like

Montgomery
Shall the Village of Montgomery have the authority to arrange for the supply of electricity for its residential and small commercial retail customers who have not opted out of such program?

Unincorporated Kane County
Shall the County of Kane have the authority to arrange for the supply of electricity for its residential and small commercial retail customers who have not opted out of such program?

Kendall County has three referendum questions on the ballot, two of which have to do with county positions. Voters will be asked if they want to eliminate the county auditor and recorder positions. The third question asks whether voters want to support a $9 increase in the yearly telephone service surcharge, to pay for KenCom’s 911 emergency dispatch service. Here’s how those three questions will read:

Kendall County
1. Shall the elected Office of Kendall County Auditor be eliminated effective December 1, 2012?

2. Shall the elected Office of Recorder of Kendall County be eliminated effective December 1, 2012 and the functions and duties of that office continue to be performed by the Kendall County Clerk?  

3. Shall the County of Kendall impose an additional surcharge of up to $0.75 per month per network connection to the existing $0.75 surcharge (total not to exceed $1.50 per month) which surcharge will be added to the monthly bill you receive for telephone or telecommunications charges, for the purpose of improving a 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System?

Congratulations, you’ve passed the first round, and are ready to go on to advanced studies. Stay tuned to Patch for more stories on the races in the weeks to come.