In the Tuesday election, residents of Norman approved a proposition for a transportation bond but rejected a proposal for a stormwater bond and a separate proposal for a stormwater utility fee.
Propositions 1, 2 and 3, which were collectively called, “Vision for Norman,” aimed to address infrastructural issues related to transportation and stormwater.
Proposition 1, a $72 million transportation bond which would undertake 19 transportation projects, act as a renewal of a similar 2012 bond and maintain the current tax rate, was approved with 9,038 votes for the proposition and 4,601 votes against.
Proposition 2, a $60 million transportation bond, which would have funded 33 stormwater infrastructure projects to attempt to resolve Norman’s flooding issues, failed with 5,810 votes for the proposition and 7,826 votes against.
Proposition 3, a stormwater utility fee that would have raised $4.2 million annually to fund street sweepers, camera trucks and other equipment to survey and mitigate stormwater damage, failed with 5,406 votes for the proposition and 8,220 votes against.
In the Ward 3 City Council runoff election between Alison Petrone and Richard Bailey, one of two local elections which also took place Tuesday, Petrone was elected with 1,548 votes to 1,365 for Bailey.
In the race for Office 4 representative of the Norman Public Schools Board of Education, Chad Vice was elected with 2,198 votes to 1,937 votes for opposing candidate Victoria McBride. Vice, the incumbent and a local business owner, will serve a five-year term.
