Voters in the city of New Carlisle had a field of 6 candidates to choose from to fill the 4 seats up for election on Tuesday. Incumbent Richard Zsambok did not run for re-election but rather placed his name on the ballot for the one of the two seats open on the Governing Board of Education for Clark County.
Incumbents Mike Lowrey, Bill McIntire and Ethan Reynolds faced opposition from Bob Alexander, Darryl Bauer and William Lindsey.
Returns from the city indicate that Lowery, McIntire and Reynolds will be returning to office with William Lindsey joining the council with 567 votes to replace Zsambok.
Lindsey is a retired fire fighter and plans to bring a fresh point of view to the council. Lindsey noted in his comments to the New Carlisle News that he believes that the council “needs someone on council who knows they are working for the citizens and not themselves. Lindsey sees the greatest challenge for council moving forward as “conserving current finances and encouraging community pride”. Mr. Lindsey would like to see the city bring back the deputies and see street improvements.
The Tecumseh Local Board of Education had two seats to fill this time around. Gary Cochran and Peter Scarff were challenged by Kevin Becker, Brett Collins and Corinne Scott. The final count brings a new face to the board with Corinne Scott beating out Gary Cochran the incumbent. Peter Scarff held a lead in the voting and will return to his seat on the board.
Bethel Township Trustee David Phares was challenged on the ballot by Douglas Frank, Donnelsville Police Chief and Nancy Marine. Voters elected to support Phares for another four year term as trustee.
Voters across Clark County faced one levy renewal to support the parks and one new request for funding to support the Heritage Center located in Springfield.
The new tax would have provided the Heritage Center Museum with operating funds beginning with the 2016 tax collection. The .3 mill levy did not gather enough support from voters losing by just over 3,000 votes.
The Clark County Park District levy that provides funding for both National Trails Parks and Recreation as well as the Clark County Park District was a renewal on the ballot this year.
The .06 mill levy was approved by voters across the county assuring funding for an additional 10 years for the parks.
The .06 mill levy was a 10 year renewal to replace the current 5 year levy. Voters did support the long term funding voting two to one in favor of the continued funding.
