CORTLAND | Mayor

Three candidates are running for the four-year term. (* denotes incumbent)
DEIDRE (DEE DEE) PETROSKY
Age 40
Employment: Office manager, Petrosky Brothers Construction, 1996 to present. Former buyer for Thomas Strip Steel and assistant buyer and department manager for several department storesEducation: Associate degrees in public administration and political science; graduate of Warren G. Harding High SchoolFamily: Husband, David, children Katie, David and HannahPriority: To develop job descriptions for department heads, begin logging service and zoning complaints, and create high-tech maps of city infrastructure.
CURT MOLL
Age 56Employment: Retired divisional director of Electronic Data Systems for Delphi Packard Electrical Systems. Formerly with General Motors
Education: Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from General Motors Institute; graduate studies in operations research at Purdue UniversityFamily: Wife, Gerri, children, Stuart and AdriennePriority: We must first work toward improving cooperation between our city officials, in order to have a much better city for all of us.
MELISSA LONG *
Age: 66Employment: Mayor since 2000Education: Two years of college at Kent State UniversityFamily: Widow, two daughters
Priority: To start marketing our community and increase the tax base with commercial and industrial areas.