SPOKANE -- While it’s an off-election year there was a lot at stake this election day with everything from a community bill of rights in Spokane to community leadership in Coeur d’Alene on the ballots.

Community rejects Bill of Rights

Proposition 4, also known as the Community Bill of Rights, has been soundly rejected by voters, with 75-percent of the vote going against the measure.

Despite the overwhelming rejection, the group that created Prop 4, Envision Spokane, claimed victory. They say their goal was to put the future of Spokane into the hands of the people living here.

Envision Spokane says they wanted to build a healthy, sustainable and democratic Spokane and Prop 4 touched on everything from the environment to the economy and would have forced the city to provide a fee for service healthcare plan and monitor affordable housing to make sure there is an housing option for everyone.

Envision Spokane says even though they lost they are farther ahead then they were when they started three years ago.

“When the final tally is in whatever number that is voting yes, three years ago we never imagined we would get any votes so to say that there’s that many people energized to say this is a necessary step to change Spokane is a positive thing,” Brad Read, president of the board of Envision Spokane said.

Save our Spokane, the group that was started to create support against Prop 4, says the proposition included too many issues and it was an all or nothing proposition the voters clearly didn't want.

“The way they set it up everything was going to cost the city a lot of money. It was going to strip rights from businesses and we would have found ourselves in real dire straits economically speaking," Michael Cathcart with Save our Spokane said.

Envision Spokane says they are not going to go away. They plan to meet in the coming weeks to decided what to do next.

Fires in Spokane, Felons in Coeur d’Alene

The City of Spokane asked voters to approve a $33 Million bond to upgrade the fire department, but voters haven’t given the bond the edge it needed for victory, with the results too close to call on Prop One. So far 59-percent of voters have voted in favor of the measure however because it’s a bond measure it needs 60-percent to pass.

If passed the money would be used to buy new equipment, build new fire stations and upgrade the communications systems.

Across the stateline in Kootenai County leaders there are looking to expand their jail and were hoping that voters would pass two measures Tuesday night to pay for it. Both measures have to pass and would cost taxpayers $57 Million.

However the jail expansion bond is failing 50 percent to 50. Since it's a bond it needs a super majority of 66-percent to pass. The accompanying sales tax increase measure would bump the sales tax by half a percent to 6.5 percent, however only 54-percent have approved the measure. It too needs a super majority in order to pass.

Cheney voters love their parks

Voters in Cheney were asked to approved a $5 Million park bond. The money would be used for phase one of a new 50-acre park and to replace the snow damaged Wren Pierson Community Center. Increased property taxes would be used to re-pay the $5 Million over 20 years.

As of late Tuesday evening it appeared the measure was passing with 56-percent of voters approving of the bond.

Mayors and council members elected, re-elected

Incumbent Mayor Sandi Bloem isn’t leaving city hall any time. The Coeur d’Alene mayor has been re-elected for another term after she soundly defeated challenger Joseph Kunka 62 to 37-percent.

Mayor Clay Larkin over in Post Falls was also facing re-election Tuesday night and Larkin, like Bloem, soundly defeated all challengers in the race for his job, capturing 75-percent of the vote.

Meanwhile across the state line in Spokane there were three council positions up for grabs Tuesday evening.

In Spokane, City Council Position Number Two from District One was up for grabs between Mike Fagan and Amber Waldref. District One serves northeast Spokane and late returns Tuesday night indicate that Amber Waldref will be joining the city council, defeating Fagan with 63-percent of the vote to Fagan’s 37-percent.

District Two serves South Spokane and the Council Position Two was between Jon Snyder and Mike Allen. Allen was appointed to the position in 2007 when Mary Verner was voted mayor of Spokane. Allen’s tenure on the council may be short-lived however as challenger Snyder is leading Allen 52 percent to 48 percent.

Finally Nancy McLaughlin and Karen Kearney faced off in the race for City Council Position Two for District Three. McLaughlin, serving her first term on the council, appears to have won the approval of the constituents of her district and will be serving the people of northwest Spokane for another term. She has a commanding lead of 66-percent to Kearney’s 34-percent.