The Reporter newspaper, Camdenton Missouri

The Reporter covers Miller, Morgan and Camden County in Central Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks and is published once per week on Wednesdays.

Published April 13, 2022

Camden County election results

CAMDEN COUNTY – The results are in from last week’s General Municipal election and Osage Beach voters have decided to fire Mayor John Olivarri and hire Michael Harmison.

Since the city sits in Camden and Miller Counties, the combined results from both sent Olivarri packing.

In Camden County, Harmison received 279 votes with 13 coming from city voters in Miller County for a total of 292.

Olivarri took in 264 votes in Camden and 17 in Miller for a total of 281.

Olivarri was elected to the top position in 2016.

In other positions up for election in Osage Beach, Kevin Rucker (Alderman Ward 1) Phyllis Marose (Ward 2) and Kellie Schuman (Ward 3) all ran unopposed for their positions.

Brad Smith also ran unopposed for the position of City Collector.

City of Camdenton

In the race for Alderman Ward 1, three were fighting it out for the position: Bonnie Black (incumbent), Brendan West and Daniel Ousley.

Ousley won with 51 votes. Black received 42 and West brought in 38.

Sandy Gentry ran unopposed for Ward 2.

For Alderman Ward 3, incumbent Jaron Humiston defeated challenger Latricia Mayer with 43 votes to Mayer’s 29.

City of Lake Ozark

(The city sits in Camden and Miller Counties so the results are combined from both counties)

In the race for Alderman in Wards 1 and 3, the candidates ran unopposed. Pat Thompson won for Ward 1 and David Ridgely for Ward 3.

There were two positions open for Ward 2, one for a one-year term and the other for a two-year term.

Former Mayor Johnnie Franzeskos was trying to win the position for the two-year term over Sherry Jackson. Jackson brought in 74 votes and Franzeskos brought in 49.

In the race for the other Ward 2 position, Larry Giampa and Krista Watts fought it out with Watts winning with 82 votes to Giampa’s 37.

City of Laurie

Allen Kimberling ran unopposed for Mayor and Jeff Chorpening also ran unopposed for Alderman Ward 1.

The city also asked voters to approve a Use Tax for the city and that failed with 38 against and 24 for the tax.

Village of Four Seasons

Three names were needed for the position of Trustee and only three names were on the ballot: James T. Holcomb, Ronald Weihs and Randolph Engel.

The Village was also asking voters to raise taxes via a Use Tax. Like Laurie, this proposal also went down in flames with 124 voting no and 115 voting yes.

Sunrise Beach

Voters had to choose two names from three on the ballot for the Trustee position. Stephen M. Barthol received the most votes followed by Rusty Ehlers with Gerald Jasper trailing last.

City of Richland

(Richland sits in three counties, Camden, Laclede and Pulaski. The election results for Pulaski County were not available so the results below are only for Camden County).

Joshua Wonder was running unopposed for Mayor and Mona Shaw for Alderman Ward 1 (two-year term). Ronda Workman Massey was running unopposed for Ward 1 one-year unexpired term.

Richland was also asking voters to approve a Use Tax. The measure received two yes votes in Camden County, zero votes for or against it in Laclede County and Pulaski County results were not released as of press time.

City of Stoutland

Wilma Sherrer was running unopposed for Councilman.

Stoutland also had a question on the ballot asking voters for the right to not hold an election of the number of candidates equal the number of offices open.

Voters in Camden County cast 12 against and eight for while in Laclede County voters cast six for and one against. So the total was 13 no and 9 yes so the measure failed.

In the Gravois Fire Protection District voters had two names to choose from for Director: Don Doyle and Johnie Ray. Combing the votes from Morgan and Camden Counties, Ray received 132 votes and Doyle brought in 85.

Schools

Camdenton R-III School District

Voters had to pick two names from four running. This was also on the ballots in Morgan and Laclede Counties but none of the four received any votes in those counties.

In Camden County the vote totals were:

1,681 - Jacob Neusche
1,509 – Eric Edward Walters
1,455 – Matt Burns
1,132 - John Seward

Climax Springs R-IV

Two names were needed from three on the ballot for School Board Member. Combining Camden County and Benton County votes, 136 for Carly Townsend, 92 for Michael Cundiff and 72 For Ron Rhodes.

School of the Osage

(Totals are for Camden, Miller and Morgan counties)

Two names were needed from three on the ballot for board member. Darrick Steen received 643 votes, Stacy Marie Neal 532 and Kelly Kerksick Frisella 489.

Stoutland R-II
Two names were needed for School Board Member with five on the ballot to choose from. The totals from Camden and Laclede counties were:

186 – Joseph Miller
114 – Dustin Britzman
62 – Amanda Goodwin
58 – Annette Ash
53 – Jessica Franklin