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By Jeremy P. Kelley, Staff Writer Updated 8:41 AM Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Three men who have spent a combined 62 years on Centerville City Council were re-elected on Tuesday, Nov. 3, beating out the president of the city’s prominent Americana Festival to earn new four-year terms.

With all 25 Centerville precincts reporting, Deputy Mayor Doug Cline led the balloting with 5,136 votes, followed by Brooks Compton with 4,310 and Jim Singer with 4,161. Challenger Joy Brush had 3,426 votes.

“I think it tells you that people appreciate the way that we’ve conducted business,” Cline said. “During a very difficult economic time, we’ve looked very strong. The voters will give you a report card, and that’s what they did tonight.”

In Washington Twp., where all three board of trustees seats were up for grabs, incumbents Joyce Young and Dale Berry were re-elected, but challenger Scott Paulson ousted board President Lee Snyder.

Young led the voting for the two contested four-year -term seats with 10,012 votes. She was followed by Paulson with 8,526, then Snyder with 7,051.

“I was cautiously optimistic all day,” Paulson said. “We put a lot of work in the last three months, and I ran on issues and values. I congratulate Lee and Joyce on a race well run.”

Paulson, just 33, said the next two months will give him an opportunity to chart his course, but he said he already has an eye on such issues as better fire protection on evenings and weekends, and making sure the township’s long-term plan is appropriate for its future.

In the other Washington Twp. trustee race, for the remaining two years of Terry Blair’s unexpired term, incumbent Dale Berry won with 5,681 votes, followed by Harry Drain with 4,446 and Ken Parks with 3,477.

Berry, who took office this year when Blair was elected to the state Legislature, said he got positive feedback on the job he did in less than a year.

He said he has a good working relationship with people in Centerville government, an issue that could be important.

“Everyone seems to be very concerned, especially in Centerville, about the inside millage (that comes from city residents),” Berry said. “I see nothing wrong with sitting down and talking about where every dime of that goes. And yes, we can do joint projects.”

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2278 or jkelley@DaytonDailyNews .com.

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I would only be interested in what the ORC says about mergers IF a decision to merge is ever made. The vote last year was to simply look into the options. It had nothing to do with negotiating the terms of a merger because a merger was not on the ballot. Information gathering only, but some township residents were unable to grasp that concept.

City resident
8:10 AM, 11/5/2009

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City Resident,
Read the Ohio Revised Code. No where in the ORC does it state to study a merger. It states to negoiate the terms of a merger!! If I wanted to live in the City of Centerville I would have bought property there!

Twp Resident
11:22 PM, 11/4/2009

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Truth of the matter: There was no vote for or against a merger. It was simply a vote to look into the options. Did any township resident even know that?? They voted against something that wasn't even on the ballot. Just finding out what our options are wouldn't hurt anyone.

City resident
9:11 PM, 11/4/2009

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Now that this formality is over, can the Centerville Junta please remove their signs?

sign cop
7:58 PM, 11/4/2009

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Mr. Paulson will have to earn my trust considering that Centerville Mayor Kingseed wrote a glowing letter of recommendtion in the Washington-Twp Centerville Times and there's also the editorial praising Mr. Paulson and in the same editorial commenting that Centerville and Washington Twp. should merge. SOMETHING STINKS HERE!! Tread lightly Mr. Paulson, just remember in last year's election 91% of township residents voted against the proposed merger!!!

truth of the matter
6:24 PM, 11/4/2009

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