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Cuyahoga County Council will add two new members in 2017 with the retirement of Chuck Germana and the election of Dave Greenspan to the state legislature.
(Karen Farkas, cleveland.com)
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga County Council will welcome two new members in January.
Democrat Scott Tuma, a member of Parma city council since 2005, will represent District 4, which encompasses Parma, Parma Heights and Middleburg Heights. He replaces Chuck Germana, who announced in September that he would not seek re-election.
Cuyahoga County Republican Party precinct committee members from District 1 will fill the vacancy created when Dave Greenspan was elected state representative from Ohio District 16 in November.
District 1 includes the cities of Bay Village, Fairview Park, North Olmsted, Rocky River, and Westlake.
Outgoing State Rep. Nan Baker, who Greenspan replaced, and Brad Lamb, a county Common Pleas Courts bailiff and political operative, are seeking the seat.
Committee members from District 1 will meet Jan. 2. Their chosen candidate will fill the remainder of Greenspan's term, which expires in 2018.
The two new members will join the 11-member body, which includes seven men and women who have been on council since its inception in 2010. They are Dale Miller, Dan Brady, Michael Gallagher, Jack Schron, Yvonne Conwell, Pernel Jones Jr. and Sunny Simon.
Shontel Brown and Anthony Hairston joined in recent years.