2024 Rico local and regional elections results

Five candidates elected to four open Trustees seats
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Land transfer from Town to RFPD approved
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SMART transit property tax increase approved district-wide, but majority of Rico voters opposed
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Two Dolores County Commissioners elected

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Polling place at Rico Town Hall
- Ore Cart - November 5, 2024

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RICO MAYOR AND TRUSTEES

Four Trustees seats and Mayor were on the ballot for the November 5 Rico election. The one mayor candidate was an incumbent Trustee and the term for this seat did not expire. This caused a fifth Trustee vacancy, so five Trustees were elected. One Trustee seat on the ballot was due to a vacancy caused the resignation of a Trustee and was filled when the Board of Trustees appointed a Rico citizen. Another Trustee seat vacancy was not filled by appointment when no letters of interest were submitted.

Rico Home Rule Charter includes provisions for situations such as the November 2024 election.

TOWN OF RICO
HOME RULE CHARTER

Section 2.3 TERMS OF OFFICE

The terms of office for the Trustees shall be three (3) years. There shall be no limitations on the number of terms which may be served. Two (2) representative Trustees shall be elected at each regular municipal election and the Mayor shall be elected every third year.

At any election for Mayor, a Trustee whose term of office does not expire may run for Mayor without resigning his or her seat. If such Trustee is elected as Mayor, then the Trustee vacancy shall be filled by the person with the next highest number of votes after all other Trustee seats have been fillled.

Whenever multiple Trustee seats of differing term duration are available then the seat with the longest term shall be filled by the candidate with the highest number of votes and so forth in descending order.

Election Certification
General Election – Town of Rico
November 5, 2024

Mayor

Patrick Fallon 88 votes
   - elected to a 3 year term-

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Trustees

Benn J. Vernadakis 78 votes
   - elected to a 3 year term

Gerrish Willis 67 votes
   - elected to a 3 year term

Scott L. Poston 65 votes
   - elected to a 2 year term

Chris Condon 56 votes
   - elected to a 2 year term
   - Rico Home Rule Charter
      § 2.3 TERM OF OFFICE

Cristal Hibbard 57 votes
   - elected to a 1 year term

Ronald Clay Hall 23 votes

Vote counts below are from November 14, 2024 updates posted at Colorado Secretary of State 2024 General Election Results.

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RICO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (RFPD)

Transfer land which underlies Rico Fire Station from town of Rico to RFPD.

Yes/For 177 92.19%

No/Against    529    7.81%

SAN MIGUEL AUTHORITY FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORATION (SMART)
Ballot Issue 3A

Long term operations funding for Telluride - Mountain Village Gondola, future bus service expansions and existing bus system capital needs.

District-wide

Yes/For 2,018 52.65%

No/Against 1,815 47.35%

Rico

Yes/For 84 47.46%

No/Against 93 52.54%

DOLORES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

DISTRICT 2

Eric Stiasny 835 60.90% Unafil

Steve Garchar 536 39.10% R

DISTRICT 3

Phyllis Davis     934 69.08% R

Paula Stewart   418 30.92% Unafil