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03.04.10- City Seeks New City Council Member

The City is seeking a new City Council Member for its Ward 1 district, and is accepting applications now through Friday, March 26, 2010. Effective March 1st, 2010, City Council accepted the resignation of its previous Mayor, and that same day former Vice-Mayor Joyce Cameron was sworn in as Trotwood’s new Mayor, accoring to the process set forth in Section 3-7 of the City Charter. 

The Vice-Mayor becoming Mayor leaves a vacancy in the Ward 1 Council seat. According to Section 3-3 of the City Charter to the City Charter, vacancies in the office of council member shall be filled within sixty days by the vote of a majority of the remaining council members, by the selection of a person qualified.  In accordance with Section 3-3, Qualifications: ‘Councilmen shall be qualified electors of the Municipality, residents of the Municipality for one year, and if elected by district, a resident at the time of filing his nominating petition of the district to be represented’. 

To determine the Ward 1 district boundaries, please click City Council Voting Districts Map (PDF), which also shows where each City Ward is located. For a copy of the registered voters list for the Ward 1 district please contact the Montgomery County Board of Elections at www.mcboe.org or (937) 225-5656.

Anyone living there and interested in applying for the Ward 1 Council Member vacancy can download the Board Volunteer Application, scan and e-mail the application to lsingleton@trotwood.org, or fax it to (937) 854-0574 to the Clerk of Council’s attention. Applications may also picked up at the Trotwood Government Center, 2nd Floor, 3035 Olive Road.  For more information please contact Clerk of Council Lois Singleton at (937) 854-7212 or lsingleton@trotwood.org.

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