BRIC, REINKE HANDILY WIN COUNCIL SEATS.

Byline: EUGENE TONG

Staff Writer

BURBANK -- Restaurant owner Gary Bric and attorney Anja Reinke won the two contested seats on the Burbank City Council on Tuesday, defeating a husband-and-wife team by nearly a 2-to-1 margin, according to final results.

With all 42 precincts counted, Bric, who ran for council in 2003 but lost to Mayor Todd Campbell in the runoff, won with 6,301 votes. He was followed closely by Reinke, with 6,286 votes.

Former city Planning Board member Carolyn Berlin and former Bob Hope Airport Commissioner Philip Berlin, who campaigned as a couple, finished with 3,338 votes and 3,268 votes, respectively.

Bric and Reinke won seats held by Campbell and Councilman Jef Vander Borght, both of whom are retiring at the end of April.

Bric, 54, serves on the city Traffic and Transportation Committee and was the top vote-getter in the Feb. 27 primary. He is endorsed by the city's public employee unions and the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, which also support Reinke.

Reinke, 46, has served on Burbank's civilian Police Commission since 2004.

Meanwhile, Measure A, which proposed increasing the city's hotel occupancy tax to 12 percent from 10 percent, was narrowly defeated by less than 300 votes.

Election officials said 10,237 votes were cast.

Of the six other ballot measures amending the City Charter, Measures B and C, which would make the city clerk and city treasurer appointed instead of elected offices, failed.

Measure D, which would have enacted the changes in B and C, passed but will have no effect.

Measure E, which grants the City Council the power to fill a council vacancy by appointment under specific circumstances, passed along with Measure F, which allows the council to adopt or amend the city budget with a majority instead of a four-out-of-five vote.

Measure G, which enacts a general update of the charter, also passed.

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