For city council, incumbent Pete Bales sailed ahead with 27% of the vote, with fellow incumbent Charles Curran and newcomer David Litteral also emerging as winners, each receiving 21% of the vote. Both Sunder Bhatla and Ed Maloof were trailing.
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Additionally, Dennis Morrison and Gene Taylor appear to have won two seats on the Beavercreek School Board, with 38% and 36% of the vote, respectively. Both candidates have pulled ahead of Claire Chinske, according to partial, unofficial results.
Beavercreek voters also appear to have soundly rejected a Beavercreek parks levy, with 61% of voters opposed and 39% of voters in favor.
Mayor
Adams serves on Beavercreek City Council, serves as a board member of Violence Free Futures (formerly the Family Violence Prevention Center of Greene County) and is a Beavercreek Rotarian. He is also president of the Wright B. Flyer Association, and is on the executive board of Tecumseh Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Adams’ top three issues are finding a sustainable source of funding for Beavercreek, training and maintaining a professional police force, and growing the city’s sense of community by opening up more opportunities for dialogue with citizens.
City Council
Bales has worked in local government for 28 years, including as a parks and recreation director, public works director, assistant city manager, and township administrator.
He was completing his first term on city council, and said exploring alternative funding sources, keeping Beavercreek affordable, maintaining the city’s infrastructure and police force are his top priorities.
Curran has been a city councilman for five years and previously served as a Montgomery County commissioner and state senator.
Curran’s top priorities are finding alternative revenue sources for the city, addressing the city’s aging infrastructure, and broadening citizen participation.
Litteral retired from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office two years ago, having worked in multiple capacities, including in the Greene County Jail, in accreditation, and community relations.
A political newcomer, his top three issues are addressing the city’s aging infrastructure, finding sustainable funding for the city, and finding ways to alleviate the impacts of inflation on city residents.
Parks Levy
Beavercreek residents were asked to vote in November on a new 1.93-mill park levy that would have paid to develop the city’s new Spring House Park, and fund staff and equipment to benefit the entire parks district.
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