By Jeff Clemetson | Editor

The March 9 elections of the Navajo Community Planners (NCPI) brought few changes to the 16-member board.

The only contested seats were in San Carlos where Brigand Kline and Maggie Pound sought to replace Timothy Flodin and Dan Northcutt.

During comments by the candidates, San Carlos residents asked questions concerning the 70-foot T-Mobile cell towers that are proposed to be built in the park adjacent to the San Carlos Recreation Center.

“I was really impressed with the how the board handled that,” Kline said. “I would have voted the same way they did.”

Although the two candidates shared the same position on the issue of the cell towers, the residents voted to keep incumbents Flodin and Northcutt.

The other board members who were voted in were all incumbents who ran unopposed: David Hardy of Allied Gardens; Doug Livingston of Del Cerro; and Eric Aguilera and Dan Smith of Grantville.

The only changes to the board are empty seats left by termed-out members Lynn Murray of Allied Gardens and Michael McSweeney of Del Cerro. McSweeny sought to retain his seat but, as per the group’s bylaws, needed a two-thirds vote, which he did not receive.

Special elections to fill the vacant seats for Allied Gardens and Del Cerro will be held in future meetings for any candidates who apply. Candidates must live or own a business in the neighborhood they will represent and must have attended two of the last 12 NCPI meetings. For more information, visit navajoplanners.org.

—Write to Jeff Clemetson at [email protected].