Residents of Rollingwood voted to pass a bond issue of $12.8 million toward the purchase and improvement of the Rollingwood water and wastewater system from the Lower Colorado River Authority by a vote of 475-45.
The purchase of the system is expected to create approximately $110,000 of refinancing savings per year. At current interest rates the cost of the bond is $665,000 at a 33-year term, as opposed to the $775,160 the city was obligated to pay the LCRA on an annual basis for the next 33 years.
Other Rollingwood results include Barry Bone defeating former Mayor William C. Hamilton by a vote of 257-245.
Bone led early, taking in 101 early votes to Hamilton's 86, but Hamilton made a late push with 159 votes from the two precincts while Bone grabbed 156.
In the race to rill two aldermen seats incumbent Sara Hutson and newcomer Shelly Bain defeated Mark W. Welker and Pam Opiela. Hutson received 34.4 percent of the vote while Bain garnered 30.03 percent. Welker and Opiela were edged out with 16.4 percent and 19.17 percent, respectively.
All results are unofficial.