Wellsville voters choose city council representatives

WELLSVILLE — Even though he didn’t win Tuesday, Marvin Hutchinson said he’s OK with the three candidates elected to the Wellsville City Council.

“I’m happy with those,” Hutchinson, who has served on the council for four years, said.

He was the lone incumbent in the Wellsville race, which left three newcomers, Ryan Young, Jared Eggleston and Dave Rogers, with the highest number of votes.

“I think that the citizens of Wellsville have spoken,” Young said. “They wanted change.”

Young, who works in the special education department at Gardner Edgerton High School, walked away with the highest number of votes — 219. He was followed by Eggleston, 173; Rogers 170; Hutchinson, 150; and Tim Jamison, 72.  

“It turned out about how I thought it would,” Eggleston, an employee of Cromwell Environmental in Lawrence, said.

Both Young and Eggleston agreed that going door to door was an effective way to meet Wellsville residents.

“I got out in the community and talked to citizens about what they wanted,” Eggleston said. “I think it made a difference to show them that I really wanted to be a representative for the community.”

Hutchinson said he doubts he’ll run in the future.

“I enjoyed the four years I was on there,” he said.

Besides Wellsville, Pomona and Ottawa, all Franklin County city council races brought uncontested races and left some positions to be determined by write-in votes.

County Clerk Shari Perry said write-in votes would be calculated Thursday, with Franklin County commissioners scheduled to canvass the votes Friday.

The canvass includes provisional ballots and write-ins. In some races, results are close enough that the canvass could affect the outcome.

“It could change dramatically,” Deputy County Clerk Nicole Roecker said.

Jenalea Myers can be e-mailed at jmyers@ottawaherald.com.