Southlake voters overwhelmingly rejected a civil service plan Saturday that police officers and firefighters championed but the mayor said would erode local control.

Meanwhile, four City Council races in Arlington, Southlake and Grapevine are headed for June 14 runoffs because none of those candidates received a majority of votes needed to settle the races now.

Both the Southlake Police Officers Association and the Southlake Firefighters Association led the effort to collect signatures that put the civil service issue to a vote there. A win would have brought state rules to the city for hiring, firing and disciplining of officers and firefighters.

"We look forward to working with the city and addressing these issues," police association president Andy Anderson said Saturday.

Southlake Mayor Andy Wambsganss said: "We know this is a time we need to come together to resolve some issues, but this was not the format for that and voters certainly agreed with that."

In Arlington, with all precincts reporting, Robert Shepard and Vera McKissic were the top two vote-getters in the five-candidate District 6 race to replace retiring incumbent Steve McCollum.

For the District 7 seat being vacated by Ron Wright, Jimmy Bennett and Michael Glaspie will square off in next month's runoff after they beat out a third candidate, Robert Martin.

A runoff win by Mrs. McKissic or Mr. Glaspie, a longtime school board member, would be only the second time Arlington has had a black council member. The first was former Mayor Elzie Odom.

In District 2, longtime incumbent Sheri Capehart trounced John Jenkins, who unsuccessfully challenged her in 2006.

Back in Southlake, former City Council member Pamela A. Muller will go into a runoff with second-place finisher Suzanne Maisto for the Place 6 seat .

With all precincts reporting, the four-way race for City Council Place 5 in Grapevine will see a runoff between leading vote-getter Traci Wilkinson and Chris Coy.