SIDNEY – Of the four Democrat candidates that filed to run for the Sidney Town Council, three of them received votes at the town convention Saturday and will see their names on the Nov. 7 ballot.
Incumbent Brandon Allen, incumbent Gavin Parrett and Rebecca Adams will be on the general ballot in the Nov. 7 election for the three town board seats. The fourth candidate on the ballot will be Republican Sharon Rancourt.
Clerk-Treasurer and Republican Lisa Parrett is unopposed.
There were 10 voters that participated in the party’s town convention Saturday. Democrat Party Chair Vicki Morton said there were 106 registered voters in town.
It was announced Jack Wolfe, the fourth Democrat candidate, was dropping out and Wolfe asked no one vote for him. Wolfe didn’t receive any votes. Allen received 10 votes, Parrett received six and Adams received four.
During speeches, both Allen and Parrett spoke on what the current council has been able to do.
Allen said he has been on the board for about three years. The council works well together and has a balanced budget.
“And we’ve been working on some major projects that have been neglected for a number of years and we’ve been working very hard for each and every one of the residents in the community,” he said. There has been some progress made in those areas.
The current council is doing well at working beyond party lines to get work done as Rancourt and Lisa Parrett are both Republicans, he said. There are a variety of backgrounds, including education and accounting, that allow for things to get done. He said he thinks keeping the current council will benefit the town of Sidney.
Parrett said he’s been on the council for about three years. Some of the projects the council has been working on include codifying the town’s ordinances and making sure everything is up to date. He said the current council is able to work as a cohesive unit.
He has a degree in political science and now has experience under him.
Adams said she has an associate’s degree in accounting. She was running for the council to help the community. She called herself a jack-of-all trades in some aspects.