By DANIEL LANGHORNE, OC Register
FOUNTAIN VALLEY – City Council incumbents Mayor Michael Vo, Councilman John Collins and Councilman Mark McCurdy kept their seats, according to election results released Wednesday.
Mayor Michael Vo of Fountain Valley. (Photo from the city of Fountain Valley)
Six challengers – Kim Constantine, Jonathan Huynh, Tuan Nguyen, Patrick Tucker, Patrick Harper and Tom Nguyen – failed to edge ahead.
Among the most heatedly discussed issues at a candidate forum hosted by the Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce in September was the city’s solid-waste contract with Rainbow Environmental Services. Several of the candidates said the City Council should put the agreement out to bid.
The City Council voted 4-1 in July to approve a 68-cent increase for residents’ monthly trash bill, bringing it to $18.84.
Regardless of who was elected to the City Council on Tuesday, the city couldn’t contractually put the solid-waste out to bid for another 15 years because of its evergreen contract with Rainbow Environmental Services.
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