Franklin council votes to keep same leadership for 2025

Franklin City Council voted Monday night to keep Mayor Brent Centers and Vice Mayor Todd Hall in those respective roles for 2025. FILE

Franklin City Council voted Monday night to keep Mayor Brent Centers and Vice Mayor Todd Hall in those respective roles for 2025. FILE

Franklin City Council has voted to keep its same leaders for the coming year.

Mayor Brent Centers and Vice Mayor Todd Hall will maintain those jobs in 2025, according to measures approved unanimously by city council Monday night.

Centers is a three-term councilman who has been mayor since January 2020 after being re-elected to a second four-year term. He has previously served as vice mayor for two years.

Mayor Brent Centers

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Centers served as Hamilton Twp. administrator from 2018-22 and is employed with the Conger Construction Group, according to the city’s website.

Hall has served seven terms on council, having first been elected in 1999, elections records show. He is a teacher in the Middletown City School District.

Centers and Hall are among four council members who have run unopposed for seats in each of the four-year terms starting in 2015, according to Warren County Board of Election records.

Vice Mayor Todd Hall

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Paul Ruppert, Jr. and Debbie Fouts were the other two.

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