Three of Goodyear's four ballot questions appeared headed for a defeat while a fourth one had voters split nearly evenly.

In two other ballot question, voters gave wide approval to a new franchise agreement with EPCOR Utilities  and Liberty Utilities in the returns reported Tuesday night via the Maricopa County Recorder's Office.

The results will not be finalized until the vote is canvassed and approved by council.

On the ballot were four proposed changes to the city charter ranging from how the city viewed development changes to how council received pay raises.

Here's a look at the measures and the vote total:

Question 1: Would have enshrined the ability of council to make changes in land use and zoning into the city charter if approved. Yes votes were 5,543, or about 48.7%, and no votes were 5,831, or about 51.3%.

Question 2: Would have changed the charter to allow the city's Compensation Committee to make recommendations on salary for council to be passed by a majority council vote. Yes votes were 4,720, or about 41.6%, and no votes were 6,630, or about 58.4%. That result would mean the committee could recommend up to a 5.1% raise to be approved by council, but anything larger would have to go to a public vote.

Question 3: Would have given the city manager the ability to change and create city departments, a power currently vested with the council. Yes votes were 4,848, or about 42.7%, and no votes were 6,508, or about 57.3%. Currently only council can create or change departments.

Question 4: Would list the sources of city revenue in the charter as well as reinforce rules for bond spending. Yes votes were 5,505, or about 50.9%, and no votes were 5,322, or about 49.1%.

The fifth question was regarding the EPCOR franchise agreement, which saw 57% of voters opting to approve. The sixth question for Liberty's franchise agreement saw 60.3% approve.

Turnout for the all-mail city election was about 17.1%.