Coutz Wins Cecil County Council Seat, President’s Chair Open; Hawley Takes School Board Seat

Bill Coutz won the only contested seat for the Cecil County Council in Tuesday’s general election, scoring a landslide victory over a political newcomer, Cody Kirk. Coutz, a Republican. will take the District 2 seat to replace the retiring Joyce Bowlsbey. All seats on the five-member Council are now held by Republicans. Coutz, who has already been attending Council worksessions since before winning the GOP primary election in June, carried 66 percent of the vote. Coutz has been a sales executive in the shade and lighting industry and vice president of the Fair Hill Races. Kirk, a Democrat who also ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Elkton town council at the same time he was running for a County Council seat, received 34 percent of the vote. Kirk says he “works in retail” after previous employment at a dollar store in Elkton. The retirement of Bowlsbey leaves open the post of President of the County Council, which will be determined by a vote of the full Council when newly elected members are seated in a few weeks. The senior incumbent, George Patchell, who represents District 4, is not expected to seek the position. A contest is expected to come […]