Posted May 10 at 9:55 p.m. CST
Incumbent Bill Burke was re-elected for another four-year term for the Place 4 seat on the Anderson Mill Limited District board of directors, according to unofficial results.
Burke received about 56 percent of the votes, or 157 votes out of 281 total votes, against opponent Elizabeth Elleson, who received 124 votes or 44 percent.
Burke said he has two goals for his next and final term: lower the limited district tax rate now that upgrades have been done at El Salido pool and get younger people involved in the district with senior citizen and children's programs.
He said he was not disappointed with the low voter turnout.
"To me that means people are happy," he said. "Nobody's fighting or throwing negative things around."
Elleson said she will continue to advocate for Anderson Mill residents on issues such as lower taxes. She would also like to see the board consider not charging residents fees to use the pools.
"I want to make sure [the board members] hear our concerns and act on our concerns in ways that we would like," she said. "I would hope they'll take our suggestions and act on our ideas."
Elleson said she would continue to push for getting a police substation and library among other items in the district.
Posted May 10 at 7:10 p.m. CST
Incumbent Bill Burke has an early lead with 62.6 percent of the votes for the Place 4 seat on the Anderson Mill Limited District board of directors, according to unofficial early voting results.
Burke is running for re-election and received 124 votes out of a total of 198 votes. His opponent Elizabeth Elleson received 74 votes, or 37.3 percent. Votes are unofficial until canvassed.
Posted May 8
Two candidates are running in the May 10 election for the Place 4 seat on the Anderson Mill Limited District board of directors.
Incumbent William "Bill" Burke said this is his last race for re-election. He has held the Place 4 seat since being first elected in 1992. Burke worked as an internal auditor for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and now runs his own pool company.
"I've been the treasurer for 22 years, and I think the financial stability and oversight [of the district] is extremely important," he said. "We need to maintain financial responsibility to residents."
Last August, the board increased the district's tax rate to $0.136686 per $100 valuation to fund repairs, maintenance and operations for parks and pools. Burke's challenger, Elizabeth Elleson, opposed this move.
Elleson has run for the AMLD board before in 2012. She has been a resident of the district since 1989 and is an attorney. She said the district should not have increased its tax rate and believes she can help the district run more efficiently and productively.
"I think we can use our leverage with the city [of Austin] to get a library in the area and a police substation or storefront substation," she said, adding that the district has $10 million in reserves that could be efficiently spent to manage the district.
Elleson has served on the Anderson Mill Neighborhood Association for 10 years, three of those as president, and also served three years on the Round Rock ISD board of trustees.
The district encompasses the area bounded by US 183, Anderson Mill Road and RM 620. It was annexed into the city of Austin in December 2008, but residents voted to keep the limited district to manage its parks and trails system and trash collection.
A five-member board of directors governs the district. Members are elected to four-years terms, and elections are staggered every two years. Incumbent Fred Grampp ran unopposed for the Place 5 seat.
For more information, visit www.amld.org.