Posted: 12:09 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015
Fresh faces elected to Middletown City Council
By http://www.journal-news.com/staff/ed-richter/" rel="nofollow - Staff Writer
Newcomers
Talbott Moon and Steve Bohannon were the leading vote-getters Tuesday for two
open seats on Middletown City Council.
According
to final, unofficial results from the Butler
County and Warren County
boards of elections, Moon, 34, received 4,556 votes and Bohannon, 56, received
4,165 votes. Incumbent Councilwoman Anita Scott Jones, 52, collected 3,760
votes and first-time candidate Roy Gordon, 44, got 1,312 votes.
Nearly
5,000 paper absentee ballots were not included in the Butler County
totals as of press time Tuesday night. The Butler County Board of Elections
reported technical issues with the scanning process of the paper ballots.
Once
those votes have been counted, it could impact the result of some races. Visit
Journal-News.com today for the latest election results.
Bohannon
told the Journal-News that he ran for a council seat because he wanted to give
something back to the city. He said he wanted to “thank all of the folks in Middletown who voted for
him, and especially his wife Kay for all of her hard work and support.”
“This
city has helped me raise and educate my children, start and run a successful
business and allowed me to live the American dream,” Bohannon said. “It’s time
to give back.”
He
said he was going to do the best job he can for the city.
Bohannon
is the past chairman of the Middletown Cemetery Board and is the chairman of
the Middletown Real Estate Investors Group representing the city’s landlords.
He is also a board member of the Middletown Safety Commission and the Rotary
Club.
Moon
said via email that he is “honored and humbled by the support of the Middletown voters.”
“I’d
like to thank all the residents of Middletown,
my family and friends for the help and encouragement these last several months.
I’d also like to congratulate Steve Bohannon on his election,” Moon said.
He
said that he got to know Jones and Gordon throughout this process.
“They’re
good people and I know they’ll both stay engaged serving our city and its
residents,” Moon said. “Specifically, I’d like to thank Councilwoman Anita
Scott Jones, she’s given freely of her time and talents for many years in
service to Middletown
and she deserves our appreciation. Changes won’t come easily, but I look
forward to getting to work for and with our residents to build a better Middletown.”
Moon
has been active in the community as a board member and chairing committees of
The Chamber of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe
and Trenton; as a volunteer leader and committee
member at the Oaks
Community Church;
and as committee member with The Business Alliance.
Middletown
City Council members serve four-year terms and receive salaries of $5,000 a
year.
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