It is finally a done deal. Voters in Chattahoochee Hill Country made their decision in Tuesday’s runoff election. And in its wake the new city has a mayor and five city council members in place to formally begin city operations next week.

In the race for mayor, Don Hayes defeated Tom Reed 470 votes to 340, taking 58 percent of the vote. Also decided were races for council seats in Districts 2, 3 and 5. In District 2, Carl Hattaway took 57 percent of the votes, besting Julie Petty Wall 95 votes to 73. The District 3 race saw David Hanson defeating Laurie Searle 135 votes to 99 and receiving 58 percent of the vote. And in District 5, Tuesday’s closest race ended with Rodney Peek receiving 104 votes, or 53 percent, to the 93 garnered by Ernie Henderson.

A total of 810 registered voters, including those casting provisional ballots, took part in the runoff election. That puts voter participation at 51.7 percent, virtually identical to the number of voters casting ballots in November.

The Nov. 6 vote resulted in the election of District 1 candidate John Taylor and District 4 candidate Faye Peek Godwin.

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