October 2, 2001 Skagway Municipal Election
HIGH TURNOUT, LATE NIGHT - Above, ballot counters Will Godbey, Barb Brodersen, Susan Smith and Don Hather hand count one of the 538 ballots on election eve. The total represented 58% of the city's 922 registered voters, and was the highest vote tally in a city election in at least 10 years. The previous high was 471 in October 1997, according to the city clerk's office.
(i) incumbent
* Winner
MAYOR OF SKAGWAY
Winner elected to two-year term
*Timothy A. Bourcy 352
Jan Nelson 168
Other 9 (Ed Faibanks 3, John Mielke 2, Carol Bourcy 2, Stan Selmer 1, Dave Lama 1 )
SKAGWAY CITY COUNCIL
Top two elected to three-year terms
*Dan Henry (i) 342
*Mike Korsmo 292
Robert Murphy 249
Karen Gee 74
Candice R. Wallace 45
Other 8 (Jeff Brady 1, Cara Cosgrove 1, Sharon Bolton 1, Tim Roseberg 1, Zack Ellis 1, Michael Catsi 1, Eileen Henry 1, John Berry 1)
SKAGWAY SCHOOL BOARD - four seats up for election
Three-year seats (2)
*Christine Ellis (i) 364
*Dawn Kilburn (i) 334
Other 55 (Joanne Korsmo 6, Bill Hunz 5, Lynette Roseberg 4, Don Hather 3, Rod Jensen 3, Bruce Weber 2, John L. O'Daniel 2, Lynne Cameron 2, Marsha Berry 2, Maxine Selmer 2, Eileen Henry 2, Bob Carlson 1, John O'Daniel 1, Mildred Meroney 1, Tom Cochran 2, Dorothy Brady 1, Dennis Bousson 1, Nancy Schave 1, Jill Thomas 1, Julene Fairbanks 1, Tracy Snyder 1, Buckwheat Donahue 1, Veronica Bush 1, John Harris 1, Wayne Greenstreet 1, Dave Lama 1, James Harris 1, Gary Trozzo 1, Carol Bourcy 1, Jo Trozzo 1, Robert Murphy 1)
Two-year seat
*Tom Cochran 271
Joanne Korsmo 243
Other 0
One-year seat
*Bruce Weber 325
Lynette Roseberg 181
Other 7 (Jo Trozzo 1, John Bush 1, Maxine Selmer 1, Debbie Knorr 1, Marcia Berry 1, Bill Hunz 1, Ken Graham 1)
Proposition #1
The City of Skagway should research the construction and operation of a swimming pool, suitably sized for Skagway.
*FOR 385
AGAINST 150