Incumbent Otisville trustees Diane Loeven and Brian Lattimer were reelected to the two village board seats up for grabs following the election on March 19.
Mr. Lattimer got 99 votes, followed by Ms. Loeven at 98, according to a village election tally sheet shared with The Epoch Times.
The other two contenders, Diana Valentino and Isaac Palmer, got 83 and 77 votes, respectively.
“I’d like to thank all of the Otisville residents who took the time to vote in Tuesday’s village election and for the confidence they demonstrated in me,” longtime village trustee and community fixture Ms. Loeven told The Epoch Times.
“I’m looking forward to continuing to serve my friends and neighbors for the next five years by working with the other village members to continue moving forward with infrastructure improvements and village beautification.”
Both Ms. Loeven and Mr. Lattimer will serve a five-year term, after which village trustees will be elected for four-year terms going forward.
“I have always fully embraced the words of President John F. Kennedy, ‘Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer,'” added Ms. Loeven, who was endorsed by the Otisville-Mount Hope Democratic Committee in the race.
Following the win of the two incumbents, four trustee seats are equally divided by Republican and Democratic Party members, with a Republican mayor, Brian Carey.
Mr. Lattimer, who was first elected to the board in 2022 on the Republican ticket, told The Epoch Times: “I am just happy to see that the work I’ve done over the past two years didn’t go unnoticed by the great people of my community.
“It makes me very proud to be a member of this community.”
On March 19, village voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum to double the annual service award for a qualified volunteer firefighter from $500 to $1,000.
The village fire department currently has about 34 active volunteer firefighters.
“Thank you to all the people that came out to vote and for once again supporting our local Otisville Fire Department volunteers,” Mr. Carey told The Epoch Times.
