Urschel appointed to Xenia City Council
XENIA By a 4-2 vote, Will Urschel was appointed to Xenia City Council Tuesday.
Urschel, who served as a write-in candidate in 2019, will fill the vacancy created when Dr. Edgar Wallace died earlier this month. Urschel will serve until the end of 2021 and the final two years on Wallace’s term will be filled by a vote of the electorate in the November general election.
Urschel attempted to run for council last November, but his petitions were invalidated by the Board of Elections after a challenge by a pair of Xenia citizens. Urschel did not have the required number of signatures per the Xenia city charter. He and former council member Mike Engle said a clerical error in the board of elections office led them to collect fewer signatures than required.