Council
New Boston Village Council meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month, in the council meeting room of the Vern Riffe Community Center, 3980 Rhodes Ave., in New Boston, Ohio.
DAN FETTY
Dan was appointed to New Boston Village Council in October 2009 and now chairs the Lands, Buildings and Renewal Committee. He was born in North Moreland and has been part of the New Boston Community through his participation in youth baseball, summers at Sun & Funland Pool and attending the New Boston First Church of the Nazarene. He is also known for his many years of officiating experience in soccer, basketball, baseball and softball. Dan was treasurer of the New Boston Beautification Committee where, with his wife Janet, donates time maintaining flowerbeds in and around Millbrook Park. Following his retirement from Sunoco Chemicals after 36 years service in the accounting department, Dan worked in the payroll/HR department at Shawnee State University for two years. With the desire to travel more in his retirement years, Dan acquired a position with AAA as a motorcoach tour manager. The “Fetty’s” live on Oak Street and have two children, Rodney and Rachel (graduates of Glenwood High School) — and six grandchildren.
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WILLIAM “JUNIOR” WILLIAMS
Junior was first elected to New Boston Village Council in November of 1999 and is currently serving his third term as councilman. He now chairs the Laws, Finance and Claims Committee and acts as president pro tempore for council. He is a member of the New Boston Planning Commission and the New Boston Board of Zoning Appeals Committee. Prior to village council, he was a member of the New Boston School District Board of Education from 1996-2000. A past youth volunteer for over 10 years, Junior has been a resident of New Boston for over 50 years and is a 1973 graduate of Glenwood High School. He is employed as field superintendent of Capital Improvement Projects for Tri-America Contractors at the Dow Chemical Company. Junior resides on Rhodes Avenue, New Boston with his wife, Laura. All three of their children, Dustin, Amanda, and Aaron are former Glenwood High School graduates.
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MIKE PAYTON
Mike was elected to the New Boston Village Council in November of 2007. He now chairs the Utilities and Communications Committee. In 2008 he was appointed to the Site Specific Advisory Board for the Piketon Atomic Energy Plant. In 2010, he was appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Ohio Municipal League and in 2013 he was appointed to the board of the Southern Ohio Port Authority. Mike also serves on the Citizens Advisory Board for Daymar College and the Board of Directors for SOLACE and the governing board of the Autism Project of Southern Ohio. After retiring as the Director of Human Resources and Chief of Community Support Services for the Portsmouth Receiving Hospital he worked as a special needs teacher with the South Central Educational Service Center for seven years. He now is an adjunct instructor for Daymar college and works with the UCAN committee of the New Boston School District and was a member of the New School Building Committee for the New Boston Schools.
For over 30 years Mike coached and served on the board of directors for the New Boston Little League and was a co-founder of the Scioto Soccer youth league in New Boston. He is a member of the First Church of God in New Boston, Past President of New Boston Kiwanis and member of Aurora Masonic Lodge and El Hasa Shrine. Mike resides in New Boston with his wife Vicki. He has two sons, Adam and Nathan, daughter-in-law Staci, all graduates of Glenwood High School, and two granddaughters, Olivia and Callie, all living in New Boston.
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TERRY SALYERS
Terry has been on New Boston Village Council since 2006, and now chairs the Wage and Salary Committee. He graduated from Glenwood High School in 1966 and is currently the president of the New Boston Alumni Association. He returned to New Boston in 1992 after over 24 years with the Army. He currently owns his own and operates the Technology Center in New Boston.
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JON MILLS
Jon has been on New Boston Village Council since 2008, and now chairs the Flood, Sewage, & Service Committee. He is employed by Christ’s Community Church as the Facilities Director.
He has lived in New Boston for 11 years and now resides on Spruce Street, in New Boston, with his wife Kristy, daughter Tory and son Alec.
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RALPH IMES, JR.
Ralph began his first term with Village Council in 2010 and serves as chairman of the Streets, Alleys, and Transportation Commmittee. He is a lifelong resident of New Boston and graduated from Glenwood High School in 1981, and from Ohio University in 1985 with a degree in business administration. He currently owns and operates a local towing company.
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