Updated Nov. 3 at 11:15 p.m.

According to final voting results from the Travis County Clerk Elections Division, all three candidates who ran for Sunset Valley City Council have been elected. First-time candidate Marc Bruner and incumbent Jeff Burdett received 87 votes, and incumbent Rudi Rosengarten received 95 votes. There were three contested seats on Sunset Valley City Council this election. Also according to final voting results, the proposition to expand the Edwards Aquifer Protection Venue Project, or "green tax" was passed with 82 percent of the votes. There were a total of 144 votes for the proposition. "For whatever green perspective we have, water protection or beautification, it makes more sense for us to purchase land that's anywhere in the city limits [for preservation] than having it limited to certain regions," Mayor Rose Cardona said. All results are unofficial until canvassed.

Posted Nov. 3 at 7:05 p.m.

According to unofficial early voting results Nov. 3, Sunset Valley City Council incumbents Jeff Burdett and Rudi Rosengarten, along with newcomer Marc Bruner, have all been elected to the council by default after no other opponents ran for the three open seats. Sunset Valley City Administrator Clay Collins said, under the city of Sunset Valley's form of government, all council members are elected at-large and do not run in specific places. "The top three vote-getters will be elected," Collins said. "And with only three running, the outcome is certain." Bruner, Burdett and Rosengarten received 21, 22 and 22 votes, respectively. Sunset Valley City Council members serve two-year terms. After they are sworn in later in November, Bruner will be serving his first term, and Burdett and Rosengarten will serve their third terms. Council member Forrest Arnold did not run for re-election, which opened up a seat for a newcomer. Bruner is the director of a software developer company and has served on the budget and finance committee and the public works committee. One of Bruner's objectives during his first term will be adequate planning for the city's fiscal responsibilities, he said. "Although we are in a beneficial period in terms of our finances right now, we may not always be, and we have to make sure that we have that preserved so that our quality of life, the values we have as a city, are able to be maintained," Bruner said. Burdett has lived in Sunset Valley for seven years, he said. In addition to being a council member, Burdett also served on the public safety committee. Burdett's top priority during his third term will be the construction of permanent buildings for the city's police and public works departments to replace the portable buildings they are currently using, he said. "We have to do something about these facilities, especially for the police," Burdett said. "This is something I've been working on for several years." During the Oct. 27 council meeting, architects revealed it may cost $7 million to construct the new buildings. Sunset Valley has set aside roughly $850,000 during the past three years for the project, Collins said. Rosengarten works in real estate and volunteers, she said. The council member also served on the budget and finance committee. Taking care of roads and underground utilities will be one of Rosengarten's priorities in the new term, she said. "I'll be looking at making sure there's enough money set aside for infrastructure," Rosengarten said. All results are unofficial until canvassed.

Voters pass citywide 'green tax' expansion

According to unofficial early voting results Nov. 3, a proposition to expand the Edwards Aquifer Protection Venue Project, or "green tax," to the entire Sunset Valley city limits has passed with 86.7 percent of the votes, or 26 votes. Currently, the green tax, a one-eighth of 1 percent sales tax, funds watershed protection and preservation only along Brodie and Country White lanes. The new proposition expands the watershed protection and preservation eligibility area but does not increase the tax rate itself, City Administrator Clay Collins said. The original proposition was approved by 65 percent of the vote in November 2007. All results are unofficial until canvassed.