10 apply for Janine Boyd's former Cleveland Heights City Council seat

Cleveland Heights City Hall

Ten people have applied for an open seat on Cleveland Heights City Council.

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CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio –- Ten Cleveland Heights residents have submitted applications for the job vacated by former councilwoman Janine Boyd, who voters elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in November.

The list of candidates includes former Cleveland Heights Finance Director Thomas Malone, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office spokesman Christopher Harris, Cuyahoga County Council policy analyst Kahlil Seren, and Cleveland Heights Citizens Advisory Committee Chairman Keba Sylla.

City council members will meet next week to set up interviews. The group will meet again after the interviews to choose a new member, who will receive about $9,200 a year.

Malone said, if chosen, he will work to find funding to improve the city's aging infrastructure.

Harris says he wants to strengthen the police-community relationship beyond the current weekly Meet Your Police program, where residents can go to the police department every Thursday and talk with an officer.

"It requires citizens to take the proactive approach to attend the meetings. I would like to establish programs and events that place the proactive approach in the hands of the city," Harris wrote in his application.

Other candidates include small business owners Alvin Copeland Jr. (Copeland Communications Group) and Laurie Klopper (Blush Boutique); Cory Farmer, vice president of operations, CarTeCor Management LLC; Daryl Jackson, Greater Cleveland Drug Court program coordinator and director, Cleveland Municipal Court; Ron Oswick, senior project management, compliance manager, The Technology House; and Carol Ann Roe, director of regulatory compliance and risk management, Centers for Dialysis Care.

See all applications below.

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