A celebration took place late Wednesday night after the winners of the Village of Medina trustee election were announced. Joined by Mayor Adam Tabelski and trustees Andrew Meier and Tom Snyder, newly elected trustees Kelly Kiebala and the family of Mark Irwin gathered at the Shirt Factory Café to celebrate the results.
“I’m excited,” Tabelski said. “The results were pretty clear cut. Kelly and Mark are great people and were great candidates. They have been part of the community for a long time and now they can serve it in a different way.”
Out of the approximately 600 people who voted, Kiebala received 377 votes and Irwin received 356. Candidate Clayton Ehrenreich received 250 votes and incumbent Owen Toale received 237.
“I’m grateful to the Village of Medina and I won’t let it down,” said Irwin, who was out of town for the election and learned of the results over the phone from his wife, Karen. Irwin said he is extremely glad to be elected alongside of Kiebala and believes the village will have a tremendous board. He also congratulated Toale and Ehrenreich for a good campaign.
Kiebala was also away when the results were first announced. She said that when she did learn of the results, she was honored to have received so much support from the community. She said even though she knows it will be a learning process at first, she looks forward to getting up to speed and continuing to move forward, working with the rest of the board.
“We’re very humbled to have the support of the voters,” said Meier. “Mark and Kelly worked extremely hard to earn their confidence.”
Like Meier, Tabelski said that the two worked very hard and had positive attitudes through the entire process.
“I think they’ll do a great job,” he said. Tabelski also said that he is very glad to be back home and be able to be in his community and around his friends and family, again.
Contact reporter Rikki Cason at 798-1400, ext. 8227.
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