Incumbent county commissioner Ken O’Brien is running for another term to “ensure the taxpayer dollars are wisely spent”; and to finish projects currently underway.
Newly hired Delaware County part-time employees will have to pay more for health insurance coverage in the future.
The trial of the Delaware resident and Iraq War veteran accused of killing his roommate in March went under way Monday, as prosecutors re-created the crime scene and presented testimony from two witnesses. In opening statements, Delaware County Prosecutor Carol O’Brien told jurors that Joel Sellers, 25, killed George McArthur, 24, a childhood friend, after they argued about a party hosted at the townhouse they lived in together at 781 Liberty Road in Delaware.
A Nov. 22 date has been set for the Delaware County Board of Elections to determine whether or not a recount will be necessary to determine who won a third seat on the Olentangy school board this election.
Even as the Nov. 8 election still approaches, the Delaware County Republican Party is looking ahead.
Candidates for Powell City Council, Olentangy School Board, as well as Liberty and Orange Township trustee fielded questions about tax levies, cost-cutting measures and traffic congestion this week at a public forum put on by the League of Women Voters.
Four candidates are seeking an Olentangy School Board seat on the Nov. 8 ballot.
At a time where many other public agencies are laying off employees, cutting programs and asking for tax increases to prevent doing more of either, Preservation Parks of Delaware County has handed out raises of at least 23 percent to a third of its full-time workforce. Most notable among the increases since 2009 is a 30 percent raise — almost $21,000 — given to executive director Rita Au, making her among the highest-paid government employees in Delaware County.