Residents here apparently felt pleased with the performance of their mayor over the past four years as they overwhelmingly returned him to office Tuesday.
Carl M. Johnson received 665votes to David L. Badham's 173, according to complete but unofficial vote tallies.
West Bountiful residents also elected Jim Child, 38, and Carl Martin, 58, as new members of the City Council.
Johnson, 48, said his re-election was the result of a lot of good people working together. "It's a matter of feeling good about the city at this particular time," he said.
"I think my involvement in the city for the past four years as mayor" made the difference in the campaign.
Johnson, manager of the copyrights and permissions office of the LDS Church, said his first order of business will be to get the city's new governing body oriented and organized. In addition to two newly elected councilmen, another
new member was appointed to the council six weeks ago.
Johnson said he also wants to organize a citizens advisory committee to give feedback to the City Council and Planning Commission. "I'm dedicated to keeping citizens involved," he said.
Child, development manager for CellularOne, said he campaigned hard to win the election. He said he knocked on about a third of the residents' doors.
Child chaired the city's Planning and Zoning Commission for four years and was instrumental in developing West Bountiful's master plan. "It's an opportunity for me now to implement the master plan for the city," he said.
Martin, a retired FBI agent and current investigator for the U.S. attorney's office, has not been involved in local politics but has lived in West Bountiful for 35 years.
He said he believes many residents voted for him because they felt a need to have a council member living on the south end of the city because much of the council is made up of residents who live on the northern end. He said he will support the maintenance of the city's rural atmosphere.
This council position will be Martin's first political office.