COUNTY COMMISSIONER Choose 1
Biographical Information
What do you think are the two most important challenges facing Delaware County and what actions will you take to address them?
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How would you address growth in Delaware County?
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How do you approach budget decisions, and what strategies would you use to ensure responsible financial management for the county?
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What is the main improvement you wish to achieve for Delaware County during your term?
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Biographical Information
Campaign Mailing Address
3481 ROYAL DORNOCH CIR
DELAWARE, OH 43015
DELAWARE, OH 43015
Website
http://www.votemerrell.com
Education
B.B.A. in Marketing with minor in Finance and Accounting from the University of Oklahoma
City Residence
Delaware
Family
Wife Cathy, three children, and four grandchildren
Work Experience
Newspaper Advertising Management then Delaware County Commissioner
Affiliations
Delaware Rotary, CCAO Board, CORSA Board, COYC Board, Regional Planning, DKMM Board, 911 Board, previous Board of Strand and United Way
Endorsements
Delaware County Republican Party
What do you think are the two most important challenges facing Delaware County and what actions will you take to address them?
1. Job creation/economic growth--I will work with townships, cities, and villages to create a positive environment for growth.
2. Infrastructure/roads, sewer, etc.---I will work with ODOT and our county engineer as well as townships and cities to address needs.
How would you address growth in Delaware County?
Please see previous answers.
How do you approach budget decisions, and what strategies would you use to ensure responsible financial management for the county?
I always try to be fiscally responsible with taxpayer dollars, spending those dollars as if they were my own money.
What is the main improvement you wish to achieve for Delaware County during your term?
We need to continue to update our facilities like we have done with the courthouse and the new Byxbe Campus.
Biographical Information
Campaign Mailing Address
8456 OAK CREEK DR
LEWIS CENTER, OH 43035
LEWIS CENTER, OH 43035
Age
27
Education
BFA of interior architecture
City Residence
Lewis Center
What do you think are the two most important challenges facing Delaware County and what actions will you take to address them?
Gentrification and soil and water conservation are the two most important challenges. Big tech is starting to move into central Ohio and we will need to prepare to protect our homeland from unsustainable development which pushes out local citizens. Amongst all of this our natural resources become more eroded and polluted due to things like construction, development, and farming chemicals being used too close to water sources. Fostering Public spaces, farmland buyback programs, sustainable tax incentives, exemptions for senior citizens on fixed income, and construction codes are all steps in the right direction to ensuring our prosperous future.
How would you address growth in Delaware County?
Promoting representation of all and underrepresented people, careful evaluation of tax abatements and incentives, prioritizing the community over the whims of developers, encouraging unionization of our local workforces, and protecting the good farmland, public spaces, and long standing culture which our growing county features.
How do you approach budget decisions, and what strategies would you use to ensure responsible financial management for the county?
Budget decisions have to be carefully addressed and by majority rule among all three commissioners. I hope to bring democratic values to this majority republican run team and hold strong to my values as a working class and long term citizen of Ohio.
What is the main improvement you wish to achieve for Delaware County during your term?
During a four year term I hope to achieve a sustainable plan of growth for the county which doesn’t leave behind underrepresented people, planet, and culture.