Political party: Democrat
Office sought: Council At Large
Age: 51
Place of birth: Lorain
Address: 3945 Woodstock Drive
Length of residence in that community: 51
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Occupation: Director of Purchasing/Estimating & Design
Employer: K. Hovnanian
Elected office experience: I have held the position of Lorain's 7th ward councilman, 8th ward councilman, and Councilman at Large. I have held chairmanships of the Finance and Claims Committee, the Federal programs Committee, & the Parks and Recreation Committee. I have been a member of various other committees as well
Non-elected office experience: Experienced Purchasing professional on various companies in the North East Ohio area. Focus of career has been on cost control and budgeting
Education: Bowling Green State University- Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Procurement and Materials management
Marital status: Single
Children: Three
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Should you be elected, what are three specific areas you’d like to change, address, improve or further research, and how specifically would you go about it?:
There are three areas of focus as a city we need to address over the next decade. These are our housing stock, our infrastructure (roads, waterlines and sewers) and our safety.
We need to address these by enforcing our building codes and addressing those property owners who have allowed their real estate to deteriorate below the acceptable levels as stated in our building codes. if we continue to allow our neighborhoods to look poorly we will not be able to market our city to those businesses and individuals who want to come here and invest.
Our infrastructure in many area of our city is in excess of 100 years old. Other areas are 35 plus years old. As our city residents age so does the core elements of our city and a continuous re-investment is needed or else it gets to the point of neglect. Over the past few decades not enough investment was made thus we are playing catch up. Now we see a need for large investments in areas that most people take for granted but are needed for a vibrant modern community
Safety speaks for itself. our world is becoming more chaotic thus the presence of police and fire are essential to maintain order. Modern policing methods and equipment are needed to be maintained to provide safe environments to our residents. Fire equipment is also in need of continuous investment to insure everyone is provided a safe community when the needs arise
Whether for past accomplishments or future goals, why should voters elect you?
I have continued to be an advocate of financial well being and long term planning for our community. Focusing on cost control and efficient spending of the tax dollars residents provide to us has allowed me to sponsor or support many long range ideas such as our rainy day funds, our health fund payment ordinances, our community development set aside funds etc. Planning for the future is essential yet it is one area elected official's do not focus on as its not glamorous or a campaign highlight. We have seen however over the past decade that when this is not performed, problems of high levels surface and are very hard to overcome
