Two local residents with long histories of village service won seats on the Cayuga Village Board in a four-way race Tuesday.

Donald Tavener received 65 votes and Marlyn Salato had 58 votes. They defeated Helen Day, who got 44 votes and Joanne Freligh, an incumbent, who garnered 29 votes. The winners will serve a two-year term and be paid $1,500 annually.

Tavener was mayor of the village in 2000 and 2001 and served as a trustee for 23 years before that.

He said he campaigned in this race by sending out a flyer and making phone calls. He said he was well-received and had a positive feeling he would prevail.

"I did have a lot of support," he said. "I want to continue on with good government."

Tavener, retired from the Union Springs Central School's transportation department, said his goal is to work on the joint water and sewer project with the town of Aurelius.

Salato was village clerk/treasurer from 1969 to 1984 and also served as a relief operator for the village's water and sewer system.

"I'm looking forward to being on the board," said Salato, who is head of the Cayuga County Department of Motor Vehicles. "I think it will be an interesting experience."

Salato said she sent a letter to voters and made phone calls.

"It's a small village and I know a lot of people," she said. "My goal is to keep the village a nice, quiet, family-oriented place. I hope the people who were not elected continue to be involved in the village."

Freligh is a landscape designer for Beardsley Design Associates in Auburn and had served on the board since 1999. Day is a special education teacher for BOCES.

In uncontested races in Cayuga, Ronald Erikson was elected with 85 votes to a two-year mayoral term that will pay $2,200. He was appointed mayor in October when Michael Coombs resigned.

Previously, Erikson had been a village trustee.

And Miles Uebelman won a one-year term on the board with 62 votes

In the village of Skaneateles, retired Village Public Works Superintendent Bob Green defeated Marc Angelillo, 703-364, for a two-year mayoral term that pays $12,000 annually.

Current Mayor Michael Major did not run for another term. He was appointed when Jim Rhinehart resigned to become the Sixth District Onondaga County legislator. Ginny Longacre, appointed to fill Major's seat on the village board, also chose not to run for her own term.

Incumbent Trustee Marty Hubbard was re-elected with 677 votes and Mark Roney won the other vacant seat with 477 votes. Challengers Tom Armstrong and Bernard Pierre got 317 and 287 votes respectively. The trustee term is two years and it pays $3,000 annually.

In Elbridge, Dennis Pelmear defeated Timothy Ganey, 196-145, for a four-year mayoral term that pays $4,000 annually. Pelmear, appointed to replace Ganey in 2000, is completing his first full term after being elected in 2001. Ganey had resigned because he said his full-time job at the Onondaga County sheriff's office conflicted with the mayor's position. He said he wanted the seat back because there is no longer a conflict.

Trustees Henry Doerr and Ann LaFond were elected to new four-year terms with 243 and 238 votes respectively. The position pays $1,600 annually.

Staff writer Louise Hoffman Broach can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 238 or louise.hoffman@lee.net