Monday, May 6, 2024
On Tuesday, Texas voters made their voice heard on local propositions and several state constitutional amendments.
Gatesville’s ballot featured one school district voter-approval tax rate election (VATRE) as well as one city and school board election.
Proposition A
Residents gave a thumbs up to Gatesville ISD’s Proposition A, which asked Gatesville voters to give three pennies back to the district for a school tax rate of $0.8992 per $100 of a home’s valuation.
In the final unofficial election results, Proposition A was favored by 86% of voters, while nearly 14% were against the bond.
For every $1 given to Gatesville ISD by local taxpayers the state will give $3 to the district, generating approximately $1.3 million in additional funding for issues such as increasing teacher salaries, providing new chrome books for students, and repairing school HVAC systems.
“We are all so appreciative of the ongoing support from the community,” said Gatesville ISD Superintendent Barrett Pollard. “The citizens of Gatesville continue to be very generous, especially when it comes to children. We will put the additional funds to good use on items that will benefit students and staff.”
City Council
For Gatesville City Council, there was only one opposing race for Seat 1. Final tallies show Lewis Aaron Smith won the seat by 36 votes — 355 to Leo Corona’s 319 (52.67% to 47.33%).
Gatesville ISD
Gatesville ISD had three seats up for re-election on the district’s Board of Trustees. Five candidates were listed on the ballot.
Per the final unofficial results, one incumbent, Charles Ament, won re-election for his seat by 28.45% with a total of 1,325 votes. Calvin Ford also won his re-election spot by gaining 16.40% of the votes.
Lloyd Hopson, one of the candidates filing for a spot on the board, was second behind Ament with 25.33% of the votes. Hopson will replace Jimmie Ferguson, who was up for re-election and garnered 14.60% of the votes.
Just over 13% of Coryell County’s 43,915 registered voters cast ballots during the election.
