Fayetteville elects Steele; runoff set for coucil Post 1

Kenneth

Steele will move into the mayor's chair in Fayetteville

after winning in Tuesday's municipal election.

Steele

received 60.3 percent of the votes cast, 737, while

opponent Paul Oddo received 39.7 percent, or 486 votes.

A runoff is

set for Tuesday, Nov. 16 in the Post 1 City Council race

in Fayetteville, as no one among three candidates

received a majority of the vote in Tuesday's municipal

elections.

Clyde

Avery, who received 509 votes, or 42.9 percent of the

1,187 votes cast, faces Bill Talley, who garnered 466

votes, or 39.3 percent.

Talley is

chief financial officer for a Pine Mountain bank. Avery

is a broker for Southeastern Properties Inc., a

commercial property management firm.

The third

candidate in the race, Paul Carter, received 212 votes,

17.9 percent of the total.

The runoff

will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16. As in the

election, voting for the runoff will be in the city's Old

Depot, not in residents' usual precinct locations.

In the Post

2 council race, incumbent Glenn Brewer had no opposition.

For

information, phone 770-461-6029.