(Aug. 17, 2017) Incumbent Doug Parks and Dr. Colette Horn were elected to the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors at its annual meeting, Saturday.
After finishing ninth in a field of 11 last year, Parks received the most votes, 1,912, since Jack Collins received 2,257 in 2013. Horn finished second with 1,647 votes.
Both earned three-year terms on the board. Parks had served for one year as an appointed director, while Horn, a practicing psychiatrist, was a political newcomer in Ocean Pines.
Former director Marty Clarke received 1,579 votes to finish third and business owner Nicole Schafer Crosariol earned 1,470 votes.
“I’m thankful that so many people believed in my approach to things,” Parks said. “Right now, rather than celebrate, its more along the lines of looking at what we have going that are open issues that we need to address, where do we take some things and get rid of them, meaning we’re going down the wrong path, and the other thing is where do we start anew.”
The priority, Parks said, is getting all the directors on the same page in supporting incoming general manager John Bailey.
“I think that is the first and foremost thing that we have to do collectively,” he said. “I think other things will fall in place based on his leadership and our support of him.”
Parks shrugged off being the top vote getter.
“I think that’s immaterial,” he said. “There was enough people that thought I had at least some great ideas about things and I have to make sure that I deliver for them. The number really isn’t that important.”
After the announcement of the results, Horn said she felt excited and daunted.
“I’ve got some work ahead of me,” she said. “I’m pleased that Mr. Parks was also elected. I think he and I can work well together and I’m looking forward to working with all the other members of the board.
“We had some differences of opinion on some of the things that happened this year and how they happened, but … we need to take a fresh start here and reset things,” she added.
A report provided by Elections Committee Chairman Steve Tuttle, 3,491 said ballots were counted. Of that total, 3,485 were counted by Scantron and six were counted manually.
An additional 73 ballots were ruled invalid, including 40 that were marked for more than two candidates.
Five ballots were thrown out because they were left blank, seven were disqualified because they were marked improperly or included comments, four were not counted because they were returned in improper envelopes and one was thrown out because it listed a write-in candidate.
Thirteen other ballots were marked late and not counted.
The new board is expected to call an organizational meeting within the next few weeks to elect officers. The directors present at the meeting on Saturday tentatively set Friday, Aug. 25 as that date.
After finishing ninth in a field of 11 last year, Parks received the most votes, 1,912, since Jack Collins received 2,257 in 2013. Horn finished second with 1,647 votes.
Both earned three-year terms on the board. Parks had served for one year as an appointed director, while Horn, a practicing psychiatrist, was a political newcomer in Ocean Pines.
Former director Marty Clarke received 1,579 votes to finish third and business owner Nicole Schafer Crosariol earned 1,470 votes.
“I’m thankful that so many people believed in my approach to things,” Parks said. “Right now, rather than celebrate, its more along the lines of looking at what we have going that are open issues that we need to address, where do we take some things and get rid of them, meaning we’re going down the wrong path, and the other thing is where do we start anew.”
The priority, Parks said, is getting all the directors on the same page in supporting incoming general manager John Bailey.
“I think that is the first and foremost thing that we have to do collectively,” he said. “I think other things will fall in place based on his leadership and our support of him.”
Parks shrugged off being the top vote getter.
“I think that’s immaterial,” he said. “There was enough people that thought I had at least some great ideas about things and I have to make sure that I deliver for them. The number really isn’t that important.”
After the announcement of the results, Horn said she felt excited and daunted.
“I’ve got some work ahead of me,” she said. “I’m pleased that Mr. Parks was also elected. I think he and I can work well together and I’m looking forward to working with all the other members of the board.
“We had some differences of opinion on some of the things that happened this year and how they happened, but … we need to take a fresh start here and reset things,” she added.
A report provided by Elections Committee Chairman Steve Tuttle, 3,491 said ballots were counted. Of that total, 3,485 were counted by Scantron and six were counted manually.
An additional 73 ballots were ruled invalid, including 40 that were marked for more than two candidates.
Five ballots were thrown out because they were left blank, seven were disqualified because they were marked improperly or included comments, four were not counted because they were returned in improper envelopes and one was thrown out because it listed a write-in candidate.
Thirteen other ballots were marked late and not counted.
The new board is expected to call an organizational meeting within the next few weeks to elect officers. The directors present at the meeting on Saturday tentatively set Friday, Aug. 25 as that date.