A few residents of Bettendorf's Third Ward filled a vacant seat on the city council Tuesday. They chose Bill Connors to fill the un-expired term of Debe LaMar who died last fall.
Connors ended with 158 votes, or 55 per cent, with Tom Luton a distant second with 51 votes, or 18 per cent. Just 5 1/2 per cent of the registered voters in the Third Ward turned out.
Connors is a former director of community development for Bettendorf, and the seat will be up for regular election in November.
Final tally:
- Bill Connors 158 votes55.4 %
-Tom Luton 51 votes 17.9 %
- Richard Frantz 39 votes 13.7 %
- Don Wells 34 votes 11.9 %
