SEQUIM — Challenger William Jeffers was leading in the race for the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center board on Election Night.
Jeffers had 3,372 votes, or 59.11 percent, to incumbent Gill R. Goodman’s 2,333 votes, or 40.89 percent.
“Good. Good for him,” Goodman, 74, said Tuesday night.
Jeffers, 46, a retired banker making his first run for public office, could not be reached for comment.
Goodman, a retired Coast Guard captain and Sequim resident who sought a second four-year term on the nonpartisan board, is likely to participate in a discussion and vote later this month on a potential plan for the Clallam County YMCA to manage the center, known as SARC, which was closed Friday due to insufficient operating funds.
If the SARC board can come to an agreement with the YMCA, the center at 610 N. Fifth Ave. could reopen.
Goodman noted Tuesday that if Jeffers wins the board seat, he will not take office until Jan. 1, so he won’t participate in that vote.
But he added that it would be a good idea for Jeffers to attend the SARC board meetings now through the end of the year.
The meetings are open to the public.
Serving on the board “was interesting,” Goodman said, but he doesn’t intend to do it again.
SARC board members receive no compensation. They represent Clallam County Park and Recreation District 1, which covers the same area as the portion of Sequim School District that is within Clallam County, an area with 21,961 voters as of Sept. 23.
SARC board chairman Frank Pickering and Kyle Cronk, CEO of the Clallam YMCA, have both said they are not looking to dissolve the SARC board even if the YMCA takes over the center’s management.
If still intact, the board could in the future propose a tax levy to support SARC.
