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FAIRMONT-- Jerome Niss will be the next mayor of Fairmont. With six in the running, Niss came away with 50 percent of the votes, securing the win. Todd Smith garnered 17 percent, while Nathanael Landsteiner received 14 percent, Logan Kelly 11 percent, Krystaline Krumrey 4 percent and Peter Bode 3 percent.
Tabitha Johnson will join the Fairmont City Council as the new representative of Ward 1. She received 59 percent of the votes while incumbent Jay Maynard received 25 percent and Myron "Bruce" Eastlund received 16 percent.
Incumbent Randy Lubenow narrowly defeated Hollee Klesh to secure the Ward 3 seat on the Fairmont City Council. He got 47 percent of the votes while Klesh got 41 percent and Edward Paschke got 11 percent.
Three proposed charter amendments were on the ballot. The first asked whether the Fairmont City Charter should be amended to add a new section making elected or appointed members of the Fairmont city Council ineligible to serve on the charter commission concurrent with their term on the city council. It passed with 81 percent yes votes.
The second asked if the Fairmont City Charter should be amended to add a new section providing an advertisement and application procedure for vacancies on the charter commission and provide that the chairperson for the charter commission oversee the process for submitting eligible nominees to the chief judge who will make the appointment. It passed with 73 percent yes votes.
The third question asked if the Fairmont City Charter should be amended to require that all invoices and purchases by the Fairmont Public Utilities Commission be approved by the Fairmont City Council and to provide the Fairmont City Council with the ability to delegate the purchasing authority according to rules determined by the Fairmont City Council. It also passed with 73 percent yes votes.