Editing New Holland, Ohio (section)

== Village Government ==
First records of government date back to 1802. This was an abstract deed which listed the [[Mayor]] of Four Corners as John McDonald. The next date in the abstract which lists the mayor's name is March 14, 1837, and he was Francis Wilson. Also, Reverend Wilson is connected with the date of November 18, 1835, as mayor.

The first completed records of city government date back to April 6, 1869, when the first council chamber was organized. W.W. Blanedin was the mayor and [[Councillor|council members]] were G.W. Gooley, S.R. Collier, J.M. Turner, and Henry Judy. S.S. McCallister was the recorder and J.D. Miller, by appointment, was the Marshall. Council met at McCafferty's hall on Saturday evening at seven o'clock. 

Many records have been destroyed, misplaced, or are unavailable so that a complete list of mayors is not available. This is as complete as could be gathered: <ref>{{Cite book |title=175th Anniversary of New Holland, Ohio |year=1993}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pickaway County Board of Elections |url=https://www.boe.ohio.gov/pickaway/ |access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref>
!No.
!Portrait
!Name
(Birth - Death)
!Term in office
!Notes
|-
|1
|
|John McDonald
|1802 - Unknown
|
|-
|2
|
|W.W. Blanedin
|1869 - Unknown
|George Velrebonte, Treasure
W.T. Gooley, Treasrure
|-
|3
|
|G.W. Gooley
|1872 - 1875
|
|-
|4
|
|Fernnel Evans
|1875 - Unknown
|
|-
|5
|
|J.D.Orahood
|1875 - 1878
|
|-
|6
|
|Edwin W. Timmons
|1878 -1879
|
|-
|7
|
|Samuel Evans
|1879 - Unknown
|
|-
|8
|
|Frank Sanderson
|1879 - Unknown
|
|-
|9
|
|George Williamson
|1905 - 1907
|
|-
|10
|
|J.T. Tarbill
|1907 - 1909
|
|-
|11
|[[File:Mayor Warren K. Briggs of New Holland, Ohio.jpg|center|thumb|277x277px]]
|William K. Briggs
|1909 - 1913
|1st term.
|-
|12
|
|R.A. Morgan
|1913 - 1915
|
|-
|13
|[[File:Jack_Zeller.jpg|center|thumb|New Holland Mayor Jack Zeller & Family]]
|Israel Jackson "Jack" Zeller
(1839 - 1922)
|1915 - 1917
|
|-
|14
|
|Wesley W. Gooley
|1917 - 1921
|
|-
|15
|
|Warren K. Briggs
|1921 - 1925
|2nd & 3rd term.
|-
|16
|
|George Williamson
|1929 - 1935
|
|-
|17
|
|C.V. Stebelton
|1935 - 1941
|
|-
|18
|
|Warren M. Arthur
|1941 - 1945
|Resigned after failing health.
|-
|19
|
|Marie Ankrom
|1945 - 1947
|
|-
|20
|
|Warren K. Briggs
|1947 - 1949
|4rd term.
|-
|21
|
|Harold Speakman
(1908 - 1983)
|1953 - 1955
|
|-
|22
|
|Warren K. Briggs
|1953 - 1955
|5th term, died in office on June 3, 1955. Aged 66.
|-
|23
|
|Joseph H. Gooley
(1906 - 1964)
|1955 - 1964
|Died in office after a heart attack, aged 58.
|-
|24
|
|Clarence Brown
|1964 - 1965
|
|-
|25
|[[File:Lincoln_Schwart.jpg|center|thumb|147x147px|New Holland Mayor Lincoln Schart]]
|Lincoln Schwart
(1926 - 1980)
|1965 - 1971
|
|-
|26
|
|Wilbur Frazier
(1910 - 1989)
|1971 - 1975
|
|-
|27
|
|Edward Summers
|1975 - 1977
|
|-
|28
|
|Josef Louis
|Unknown
|[[Acting Mayor]]
|-
|29
|
|Russell Jacobs, Jr.
(1937 - 2021)
|1978 - 1983
|
|-
|30
|
|Jim Helms
|1983 - 1987
|
|-
|31
|
|Frank Wood
(1925 - 2016)
|1987 - 1991
|Believed to be one of the last - if not the last - [[World War II]] veteran from New Holland.
|-
|32
|
|Phillip Funk
|1991 - 1999
|
|-
|33
|
|Kay E. Schobert
|1999 - 2003
|
|-
|34
|
|Anita Faye Helsel
(1940 - 2020)
|2003 - 2007
|
|-
| -
|
|Vacant
|2007 - 2011
|
|-
|35
|
|Ron Spangler
|2011 - 2015
|
|-
|36
|
|Clair "Butch" Betzko
|2015 - 2019
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
|37
|
|Joe Inskeep
|2019 - Present
|
|}

=== Current Officers ===
The village currently is served by Joe Inskeep as mayor. The current [[City manager|Village Administrator]] is Harold DeSanto, Utility Clerk is Diane Fisk, [[Treasurer|Fiscal Officer]] is Carmen White, [[Court clerk|Clerk of Courts]] is Michele Ervin, [[Chief of police|Chief of Police]] is Jason Lawless, and Village [[Councillor|Council Members]] are Greg Shaw ''([[President pro tempore|President Pro-Tempore]])'', Danny Kirkpatrick, Floyd Woolever, Zachary Fisk, Brittany Rodriquez, and Jimmy Thompson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Directory – Village of New Holland, Ohio |url=http://villageofnewholland-oh.gov/?page_id=51 |access-date=2024-06-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Controversy ===
On July 23, 2018, New Holland [[Sergeant|Police Sergeant]] Brad Mick was fired, after filing charges against his Mayor, Police Chief, and Former Police Chief. Mick charged New Holland Interim Police Chief David Conrad with [[forgery]], Mayor Butch Betzko with complicity to forgery, and former Chief Jason Lawless with [[Dereliction of duty in American law|dereliction of duty]] and telecommunications [[harassment]]. In a statement, the attorney representing the Village said Mick "abused his position," and was pursuing a "personal agenda with these baseless charges." The village also accused him of violating "the established chain of command" and conducting "an improper search and destruction of Village property." Mick released a statement saying: "My termination does not undo the criminal acts by others, and it will not erase evidence or dismiss the charges. While it is disheartening and a violation of the law to be retaliated against and terminated for obeying the oath of office, it does not stop here."

The charges were later dropped, and Jason Lawless was appointed Police Chief again. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-24 |title=New Holland controversy: Officials charged, officer fired |url=https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/new-holland-controversy-officials-charged-officer-fired/530-99ca2a4c-e451-43e7-8429-1e2c19a08e56 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=10tv.com |language=en-US}}</ref>