Arapahoe and Douglas counties, CO - Eight candidates have filed paperwork to fill three open seats on the South Metro Fire Rescue board of directors in the May election. There is one two-year term and there are two, four-year terms. The candidates who turned in self-nomination forms by last Friday's deadline are (with area of residence):
2-year Term
Rhonda Livingston (Centennial)
David Jackson (Centennial)
William B. Payton (Centennial)
4-year Term
Henry Eng (Unincorporated Arapahoe County)
Laura L. Simon (Castle Pines)
Louis Schroeder (Greenwood Village)
Paul H. Rosenberg (Unincorporated Arapahoe County)
John Levi (Centennial)
"This is the largest field of candidates we've had for a board election in at least a decade," says Assistant Chief Michael Dell'Orfano. "It should be an exciting race at an exciting time for us" Dell'Orfano says, noting that the department has undergone many positive changes in the past year and is now considering consolidating with the Parker Fire District.
The fire district will mail ballots to all its voters in mid-April and will separately distribute a newsletter with candidate information at approximately the same time. If people are not registered to vote, April 7 th is the last day to register to vote for any of the many special district elections which are happening on May 6th. South Metro Fire Rescue will post regular election updates on its website, www.southmetro.org.
The men and women of South Metro Fire Rescue provide emergency medical, fire suppression, and fire prevention services to the people living and working in 76 square miles of Arapahoe and Douglas counties, including the cities of Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills Village, Centennial, Lone Tree, and Castle Pines North, as well as much of the Denver Tech Center, Inverness, Park Meadows, Centennial Airport and the communities of Castle Pines Village and Louviers.