Election results for Council, Mayor

Olney voters chose three new City Council members with prior municipal experience, and overwhelmingly elected Mayor Rue Rogers to a new term in the May 4 election, according to unofficial results from the Young County Election Administrator.

The new City Council faces challenges with the stalled water treatment plant project, housing and infrastructure repair and will work with the Olney Hamilton Hospital and the Olney Independent School Board on major construction projects in the coming two years.

Voters elected Mayor Rogers to a new term by a margin of 90.8 percent over A.D. Patel, owner of The Pipeliner Inn who ran on a platform of rolling back the City’s $35 per meter water surcharge.

Council member Thea Sullivan, appointed in January to fill the unexpired term of former Mayor Pro Tem Tom Parker, into law enforcement. He worked for the Archer County Sheriff ’s Office for over 13 years. Nine of those years he served as the Chief Sheriff Deputy.”

Mr. Dwyer has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Midwestern State University and is “very analytical, driven and committed to seeing Olney prosper,” Mayor Rogers said. “We are excited for him to serve in this capacity, and we look forward to what he will accomplish.”

Mr. Dwyer also served with the Olney Police Department for twoand- a-half years, and was promoted to the rank of corporal last year.

The Council had been searching for a new City Administrator since Jan. 8, when it terminated City Administrator Arpegea Pagsuberon for unspecified reasons. The firing came a few months after Mrs. Pagsuberon complained that former Mayor Pro Tem Tom Parker and Council member Tommy Kimbro sexually harassed her.

Mr. Dwyer said his goals are growing the City and getting the stalled water treatment plant built. He became interested in the position as an Olney police officer, watching commuters to Air Tractor and Tower Extrusions drive in from other towns.

Mr. Dwyer lives in Archer County and was on the OPD’s night shift for a while when he noticed the parade of commuters down State Highway 79..

“Why are they living elsewhere? The city needs to be growing and it’s not. if those reasons were addressed,” he said. “[My goals are] absolutely to grow the town and improve the infrastructure.”

“This town is shrinking in population when it really should be growing -- that was part of my presentation to the City Council,” he said.