Montgomery County voters approved the Consolidated Road District #1 renewal tax and the countywide sales tax measures in the April 8 election, according to the unofficial results from the Montgomery County Clerk’s office.

A total of 564 county voters (76 percent) were in approval of the Consolidated Road District levying a renewal tax of 30 cents on the $100 assessed valuation for a period of four years (2026-2029). There were 175 voters (24 percent) were against it.

A total of 746 voters (78 percent) were also in approval of the county continuing a countywide sales tax of one half of one percent for the purpose of the general operations that would expire in December. There were 205 voters who were against it.

Also, New Florence residents approved Proposition U, which means the city will impose a local use tax rate at the same rate as the local sales tax rate. A total of 32 voters were in approval, while 25 were against it. It’s the first time the City of New Florence has placed a use tax measure on the ballot.

There were contested races for Middletown mayor and Wellsville Alderman I for one and two-year terms.

Gary Moore defeated Aaron Winter 23-16 in the Middletown mayor race. Two years ago, Winter beat Moore 19-15 to be elected mayor.

Jesse Maylee defeated Jacob Sewell 33-13 in the Wellsville Alderman I two-year term race. Richard Wilson beat Robert Maxwell 39-9 in the Wellsville Alderman II one-year race. Wilson and Maylee are the current aldermen on the City of Wellsville Board of Trustees.

There was an election for two seats of the Wellsville-Middletown R-I School District Board. Bill Wilkinson and Christoper Pritchett won those two seats. Wilkinson, the current board president, had 165 votes and Pritchett had 124. The other two candidates, Chad Schofield and Tyler Penn, had 95 and 75 votes, respectively.

There were uncontested races in Montgomery City, New Florence, Wellsville, Jonesburg, High Hill and Middletown.

Dan Cole (Montgomery City Alderman I), Tom Nichols (Montgomery City Alderman II), Beth Nelson (New Florence mayor), Glenn “Crash” Bartlett (New Florence Alderman I), Deby Juntunen (New Florence Alderman II), Howard Steele (Wellsville mayor), Jock Bryson (Wellsville Alderman II), Diane Corder (Jonesburg Alderman I), Keith Farrar (Jonesburg Alderman II), Tom Stine (High Hill mayor), Tyler King (High Hill Alderman I), Danny Angel (High Hill Alderman II), Marvina Perkins (Middletown Alderman) and Roy Butts (Middletown Alderman) won unopposed.

The villages of Rhineland and McKittrick had write-in ballots in which residents can write the trustees to serve for one year. The five Rhineland trustees are Larry Hagedorn, Steve Wehrle, Jason Kolks, Leon Englert and Alex Heldt. The three McKittrick trustees are Brittany Lansford, Jordan Mauser and Paul Cureton.

The voter turnout in the county was 11.63 percent (967 of 8,312),