New Albany Chief of Police position now contested in upcoming city election

Voyles filed to run as a Democrat against incumbent Police Chief Chris Robertson, also a Democrat.

At the time of this posting, the deadline for candidates to qualify to run for city office is just under 25 hours away, at 5 pm Friday, Mar. 3rd.

Current qualifiers the for New Albany municipal election are:

• Mayor
  • Tim Kent, Democrat, Incumbent
  • Jeff Olson, Republican, currently as Ward 1 Alderman as a Democrat
• Chief of Police
  • Chris Robertson, Incumbent, Democrat
  • Paul Voyles, Democrat
• Alderman Ward 1
  • Scott Dunnam, Democrat, currently serving as Alderman-at-Large as Democrat
  • Catania Spears Windom, Democrat
  • Amy Livingston, Republican
• Alderman Ward 2
  • Johnny Anderson, Democrat, Incumbent
• Alderman Ward 3
  • Kevin Dale White, Democrat, Incumbent
  • Chris Buford, Democrat
• Alderman Ward 4
  • Will Tucker, Republican, Incumbent
• Alderman-at-Large
  • Keith Conlee, Republican
  • David Brown, Republican
  • Larry Dykes, Democrat

Salaries of positions up for re-election:

• The office of mayor pays an annual salary of $84,332.
• The New Albany police chief’s  position pays $64,226 annually.
• New Albany aldermen earn an annual salary of $15,405.