As of the filing deadline for the election Wednesday at 4 p.m., the Miami County Board of Elections received petitions from Republican candidates for the following Troy council positions:
- President Martha "Marty" Baker
- 1st Ward, Tom Kendall
- 2nd Ward, John Terwilliger
- 3rd Ward, John Schweser
- 4th Ward, Bobby Phillips
- 5th Ward, William Twiss and William Rozell
- 6th Ward, Brock Heath
- At-large (three positions), William Lutz, Todd Severt, Robin Oda, Lynne Snee and Thomas Andrew Brinkman.
Current 2nd Ward Councilman Doug Tremblay is not seeking re-election while Terwilliger, now an at-large council member, is seeking the 2nd Ward seat. Baker, Kendall, Schweser, Phillips, Twiss, Heath, Oda and Snee are incumbents.
Mel Shane, a Republican and incumbent, filed for city treasurer. Democrat Cynthia Schaefer filed to run for the 2nd Ward seat in the November election.
Also filing for the November ballot was Samuel L. Huffman for Miami County Municipal Court judge.
The proposed Troy income tax would generate more than $25 million over the 10 years for a series of proposed recreation projects including more baseball and soccer fields at Paul G. Duke Park, updates to the Senior Citizens Center, a driving range and clubhouse improvements at Miami Shores Gulf Course and a second sheet of ice near Hobart Arena.
Council last year placed on the November ballot a property tax for a similar list of proposed projects except for the second sheet of ice. That request was withdrawn from the ballot the day before the Nov. 8 election because of a misplaced decimal point in ballot language that would have greatly reduced the amount of money that tax would have generated.
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