CLAY TOWNSHIP - Dale Winner is once again a member of the Clay Township Board of Trustees.

Steve Woolf and Dave Vore appointed Winner to fill out the vacancy created by Jeff Requarth’s resignation. The action was taken at a special meeting held on July 31.

In addition to Winner, Christian Homan and Mike Henne applied for the position. Announcing the selection after a half-hour executive session, Woolf said he and Vore wanted to choose someone who “could hit the ground running,” who had prior experience in township government.

Winner had been named in June of 2015 to succeed the late Robin Lehman. He was elected to the remaining two years of Lehman’s term that November, defeating Jeff Requarth. But two years later, Requarth defeated Winner and served until his move out of the township required him to resign last month.

Winner is the principal of the east building at the Miami Valley Career Technology Center.

The appointee will serve until this November, when someone will be elected to serve the rest of Requarth’s term, until 2019.

Vore reminded the audience, which included Homan, that the trustees had acted so quickly to give others a chance to run in November. An appointee named more than 40 days before the next general election must run for election. Someone appointed less than 40 days before the election would have served until the end of the term.

“We wanted to give all applicants time to run,” Vore said. “And everybody can run, not just the applicants.”

Asked if he intended to run, Homan said he and his wife would have to discuss the matter.

Referring to the Aug. 7 deadline for filing, Terra Homan, his wife, said, “It will have to be a quick discussion.”