Troy voters overturn development, oust Dem council member

By jlloyd@coxohio.com | Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 12:40 AM

Despite an expensive, hard-fought campaign, Troy developer Jessica Minesinger failed to convince Troy voters her proposal for 122 houses was right for 57 acres across from Concord Elementary School.

By an unofficial vote of 63 percent to 37 percent, voters Tuesday overturned Troy City Council’s approval of Minesinger’s Summerfield development.

Voters in 2003 rejected a rezoning of the same land 68 percent to 32 percent.

In a rematch of perhaps the closest contest in the history of the Troy City Council, Republican Jarrod Harrah unseated the council’s lone Democrat, Frank Hutchinson, 55 percent to 45 percent.

Voters also narrowly rejected the extension of terms from two years to four years for Troy council members (51 percent to 49 percent) and the council president (52 percent to 48 percent).

Troy school district voters also chose to renew a five-year, 0.65-mill levy supporting the Hayner Cultural Center by a 68 percent to 32 percent margin.

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