Port of Bremerton District No. 1 Commissioner District 1

Completed Precincts: 104 of 104

Vote Count Percentage

John R. Poppe 5,075 41.1%

• Cary Bozeman 7,176 58.1%

Write-Ins 95 0.8%

Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue Commissioner Position 1

Completed Precincts: 57 of 57

Vote Count Percentage

Ralph E. Rogers 4,048 46.6%

• Nate Andrews 4,582 52.8%

Write-Ins 55 0.6%

Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue Proposition No. 1

Completed Precincts: 57 of 57

Vote Count Percentage

• Approved 6,223 63.4%

Rejected 3,599 36.6%

Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue Proposition No. 2

Completed Precincts: 57 of 57

Vote Count Percentage

• Yes 6,066 61.1%

No 3,860 38.9%

Central Kitsap School District No. 401 Director District 2

Completed Precincts: 51 of 51

Vote Count Percentage

• Rob MacDermid 6,287 98.1%

Write-Ins 121 1.9%

Central Kitsap School District No. 401 Director District 3

Completed Precincts: 51 of 51

Vote Count Percentage

• Scott R. Woehrman 6,203 98.4%

Write-Ins 99 1.6%

Central Kitsap School District No. 401 Director District 4

Completed Precincts: 51 of 51

Vote Count Percentage

• Jeanie Schulze 6,246 98.4%

Write-Ins 101 1.6%

Port of Silverdale District No. 14 Commissioner District 3

Completed Precincts: 16 of 16

Vote Count Percentage

• Ed Scholfield 2,171 98.5%

Write-Ins 34 1.5%

Port of Tracyton District No. 15 Commissioner District 2

Completed Precincts: 9 of 9

Vote Count Percentage

• Brian Davison 794 98.1%

Write-Ins 15 1.9%

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Early results show support for Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue’s $7.2 million maintenance and operations levy and for the $6.7 million bond to upgrade apparatus.

Voters favored Proposition 1, for the bond, 63.4 percent, with 36.6 percent opposed. Voters favored Proposition 2 61.1 percent with 38.9 percent opposed.

The measures need 60 percent to be approved.

CKFR earlier stated it needs the M&O levy in order to maintain existing levels of service and to cope with an increasing population.

The levy would authorize a property tax to raise $7.2 million over a four-year time period. For each of the four years, $1.8 million would be raised with about 25 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation, not to exceed $7.2 million total.

For a property worth $250,000, the levy amounts to about $62 per year.

“It’s basically a request to the public for a four-year maintenance operating levy of $1.8 million per year to maintain our current staffing and to increase our response time in some areas, specifically Chico,” CKFR Fire Chief Scott Weninger said, referring to Station 64 in Chico that the district has struggled to keep staffed with paid firefighters due to previous reductions in staff.

“It’s needed by the district if we’re going to continue doing what we do,” he said of the levy.

CKFR operates with a $16.4 million budget that is 84-percent drawn from property taxes, but the fire district does not obtain sufficient revenue from its regular property tax levy to sustain its current level of fire and emergency medical services. The purpose of the M&O levy would be to maintain the current level of service and to avoid a reduction in the number of firefighter employees for the years 2016-2019.

The five-year bond was to upgrade apparatus and fire and life safety equipment. It will be assessed at a rate of 21 cents per $1,000 assessed value.

Also for CKFR, Commissioner Position 1 challenger Nate Andrews led incumbent Ralph Rogers 52.8 percent to 46.6 percent.

Rogers had earlier cited his 37 years of experience with the district and 19 years worth of experience as a commissioner as a reason why he should retain his seat.

Andrews said more community oversight of the fire district was needed.