Two ballot propositions that would have provided a significant revenue increase and money for new facilities for Wright City Fire Protection District have been denied by area voters.Proposition S, a 34-cent property tax increase, and Proposition C, a $7 million bond issue, both failed to receive enough votes to be approved during April 3 elections.Supporters of the ballot propositions said the money was necessary to support current and future services provided by the fire district. That includes the jobs of six firefighters currently supported by a federal grant.The district had planned to use bond revenue to build a new fire station, along with replacing vehicles and aging equipment.But opponents of the proposals argued against raising the fire district’s tax levy from 41.27 cents up to nearly $1 per $100 assessed valuation. Those opponents came out in force on Tuesday.Poll workers in Wright City commented that they were seeing very high turnout at their precincts throughout the day. Wright City Fire Protection District also serves a broad swath of eastern Warren County outside the city limits.Voters in total throughout the fire district cast 516 votes in favor of Prop S, and 1,216 against.For Prop C, the vote count is 508 for and 1,213 against.Voters in the fire district also selected a new candidate to serve on the board of directors. Christopher Kellner won the position with 818 votes, compared to opponent Phil Keim’s 527 votes.Sewer will sellVoters within the city limits of Wright City elected Tuesday to go forward with the sale of the city’s water and sewer systems.The proposed sale was to avoid the cost of having to significantly upgrade the water and sewer utilities in the near future to meet state mandates and the requirements of a growing population.Public Water Supply District No. 2 of St. Charles County will purchase the utilities for $10.5 million. Wright City’s utility systems will become integrated into PWSD 2’s existing network.The sale of the water and sewer systems will be finalized later this year.Wright City leaders have already committed to using part of that money to pay off over $2 million of existing debt from past upgrades to the sewer system, and another $1.2 million to purchase 62 acres of land for a new city park on Westwoods Road.Maintaining existing parks, improving roads and other infrastructure spending are priority areas for the rest of the funds.Incumbents sweep racesWright City’s Board of Aldermen won’t look very different when next it meets in April.Incumbents on the board carried out a clean sweep of the elections, retaining all four seats that were on ballots in Wright City.Mayor Dan Rowden won the election against opponent Jim Logan by a vote of 416 to 182.Rowden was appointed to serve as mayor last year following the sudden death of Mayor David Heiliger. He previously served on the board of aldermen. This was Rowden’s first election as mayor of Wright City.With Rowden becoming mayor, Kerry Lambright was appointed to fill the seat on the board of aldermen. As of Tuesday, Lambright has been elected to finish the remaining year of the term for that position.Lambright defeated opponent Dwayne Paul for the one-year term as Ward 1 alderman. Lambright secured 196 votes, while Paul brought in 90.Fellow Ward 1 Alderman John O’Connor ran unopposed for re-election to another two-year term.In Wright City Ward 2, former Alderman James Toothman was challenging current incumbent Tom Dixon. Toothman emerged with 120 votes, while Dixon came away with 192, securing another two-year term.All the vote counts will not be officially confirmed by the Warren County Clerk’s Office until Friday, when the clerk staff complete canvassing to double check the accuracy of the counts.Wright City Fire Protection District logo