WARREN CITY COUNCIL | President, at-large, 1st, 4th and 7th wards

An (*) denotes incumbents.

COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Bob marchese*

Age: 58.

Home: 97 Country Club Drive. Education: Warren JFK High School, Youngstown State University graduate.

Employment: Director of operations, RMS of Ohio Mental Health and Developmental Disability, Cleveland.

Family: Wife, Claranne.

Priority: Implementation of Warren’s Strategic Plan, especially relating to crime, job retention, job creation, neighborhood stabilization, blight reduction and redevelopment.

Bob Dean

Age: 69.

Home: 4110 Sunnybrook Drive

Education: Warren G. Harding High School, U.S. Air Force, coursework at University of Houston.

Employment: Warren councilman at-large March 2004 to present.

Family: Wife, Nedra; sons Brian and Taigi; daughter, Ayanna.

Priority: Jobs (economic development through the Western Reserve Port Authority), safety (has spent 3,000 hours riding with police officers), cleaning up the city (alternate on the county land bank.)

at-large council

HELEN RUCKER*

Age: 59.

Home: 1400 Beechcrest N.W.

Education: Graduate of Warren Western Reserve High School.

Employment: Warren councilwoman.

Family: Two children, Gloria and Kia.

Priority: I want to continue expanding entrepreneurship opportunities through the business exchange to grow the employment rolls.

DAN SFERRA*

Did not respond to a Vindicator questionnaire.

james valesky JR.

Age: 55.

Home: 625 Mahoning Ave.

Education: Graduate of Harding High School, administrative justice education while in the Marine Corps.

Employment: Salesman at Klaben Ford Lincoln of Warren.

Family: Wife, Jan; son, Tommy; stepdaughter, Jackie; grandson, Gavin.

Priority: City services that are more effective and less costly while serving our community, develop business task force to engage prospective developers and businesses with a friendly atmosphere.

BILL KRUPPA

Did not respond to a Vindicator questionnaire.

1st WARD

Fiore Dippolito, Ronald White Sr. and Clyde Wilson are vying for the seat. None responded to a Vindicator questionnaire.

4th WArd

marti morn*

Age: 63.

Home: 159 Homewood Ave. S.E.

Education: Graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, Youngstown; continuing education and labor studies, Youngstown State University, Ohio State Kenyon College, Michigan State University.

Employment: Warren councilwoman.

Family: Daughters Dawn, Andria, Lauren; son, Christopher.

Priority: I want to continue the programs eliminating the blight in our neighborhoods and to ensure the safety of our residents.

Greg bartholomew

Age: 44.

Home: 161 West Market Street. Education: LaBrae High School graduate; bachelor of arts in education from Youngstown State University.

Employment: Owner of All American Comics and Cards in Warren and Boardman.

Family: None.

Priority: Get rid of the stigma that Warren is unfriendly to business and get downtown landlords to renovate the second and third floors of their buildings for lofts and apartments.

7TH WARD

eddie colbert*

Age: 31.

Home: 1396 Autumn Drive. Education: Graduate of Ashtabula Edgewood High School, bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Youngstown State University.

Employment: Sales rep, Coca Cola.

Family: Wife, Amanda; son Jayden.

Priority: Continued development of the West Side regarding job creation, improving the quality of life for 7th Ward residents and the city as a whole.

SUSAN HARTMAN

Age: 54.

Home: 407 Elvina St.

Education: Graduate of LaBrae High School.

Employment: Educational assistant, Trumbull County Educational Service Center.

Family: Husband, David; daughters Renee and Michaelle; sons William and Mathew; raising four grandchildren.

Priority: We need to focus on the budget. The elected officials and schools should work more closely together.