Burbank Elections Today
Today’s primary election in Burbank features candidates for City Council, school board, city clerk and city treasurer.
Eight council candidates, including incumbents Mayor Bill Wiggins and Councilman Dave Golonski, are competing for three seats on the panel. The contested seats are those held by Wiggins and Golonski as well as the seat held by outgoing Councilwoman Susan Spanos.
The school board race has five candidates trying for two seats. Among the candidates are board members Denise Wilcox and Connie Lackey.
Two city clerk candidates, Sharon Lynn Muravez and Judie Sarquiz, who is deputy city clerk, are hoping to replace Margaret M. Lauerman, who is retiring.
Running unopposed is City Treasurer Jim Rogers.
In the council and school board races, any candidate receiving more than 50% of the votes wins a seat outright. Other top vote-getters would advance to the general election April 8.
Rogers and the candidate receiving the most votes for city clerk would win automatically in the primary.
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The city’s 33 voting precincts will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone needing more information may telephone the city clerk’s office at 818-238-5851 or 818-238-5850.
There are 50,460 registered voters in Burbank, which has a population of about 100,000.
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