Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Former Avon Lake mayor says plenty of money in rainy day fund.
Editor's note: The following commentary was submitted by K.C. Zuber, the mayor of Avon Lake from 2008-20012. To the Editor: In 2012 the Mayor, councilpersons and even a former councilman predicted fiscal disaster for Avon Lake if the citizens did not pass a tax increase. Numerous city programs would end. Branch pickup would end, amongst others, if we did not increase taxes. Did you know the City of Avon Lake in 2012 received an increase of $900,000 over what was budgeted in income tax? Just under $10 million, only a few dollars short of the annual income tax record set in 2007. The City of Avon Lake also received a windfall of over $300,000 by making you pay more for trash pickup. The city received over $1.2 million dollars more than …
Monday, October 29, 2012
Former mayor doesn't believe city is on verge of "financial calamity."
Editor's note: KC Zuber is the former mayor of Avon Lake. To the Editor: It seems not a week goes by and there is another article about the City of Avon Lake and its financial woes. This is a little perplexing to me when the Avon Lake City Council in 2011 and 2010 raided the “rainy day fund,” a combination of the unencumbered cash reserves of the general fund and income tax transfer fund. Avon Lake City Council took from the “rainy day fund” over $850,000 in 2011 and $500,000 in 2010 to pave roads. City Council did this over the objection of the mayor at that time and knowing the State of Ohio would be making tremendous cuts in local government funding. Even with these excessive expenditures, the City of Avon Lake ended 2011 with $5.8 …
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Berner, Zilka and Zuber all surpassed $30,000 in spending
Proving that you can’t buy an election, at least not a local one, the candidate who spent the least in this year’s Avon Lake mayor’s race proved the victor. Still, all three candidates’ campaigns spent more than $30,000 each, making it the most expensive of all Lorain County mayor’s races this year. Council President Greg Zilka, who was certified Dec. 19 as the winner of a very close race with incumbent K.C. Zuber, spent a total of $31,374.53, according to Lorain County Board of Elections records. Zuber reported spending a total of $33,464.29 and Rob Berner spent a total of $34,079. Campaign spending reports were due Dec. 16. Zuber and Zilka were forced to a run-off race after none of the three candidates secured more than 50 percent of …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Close runoff election meant waiting to see if a recount was necessary
The Lorain County Board of Elections certified Avon Lake Council President Greg Zilka on Dec. 19 as the next mayor of Avon Lake. Zilka earned 2,466 votes (50.35 percent) to incumbent Mayor K.C. Zuber’s 2,432 votes. Zilka increased the amount of votes he won by to 34. On Dec. 6, before mail-in and provisional ballots were received, Zilka led by 29 votes in the runoff election. The unofficial Dec. 6 results were 2,451 votes cast for Zilka and 2,422 for Zuber. Ohio law requires an automatic recount if there is 1/2 of 1 percent differential. With a total of 4,873 votes cast, a differential of 24 votes would require a recount. The certified results by the Board of Elections guarantee a recount will not be required. With neither candidate …
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Gov. John Kasich and Ford officials announced Tuesday the F-650 and F-750 truck line and a $128 million investment will come to Ohio Assembly Plant from Mexico in 2014.
Ford Motor Co. announced Tuesday it will move production of its F-650 and F-750 medium-duty commercial trucks to the Ohio Assembly Plant from Escobedo, Mexico in 2014, investing $128 million in the facility and retaining 1,400 jobs. “That’s a lot of good news for this plant, and much better news than many thought would be possible for this facility,” said Jim Tetreault, Ford’s vice president of North American manufacturing. “How many companies are in-sourcing work from Mexico?” The announcement came a day after the administration of Gov. John Kasich, who was also at the conference, approved a 15-year, 50-percent job-retention tax credit for Ford, beginning on Jan. 1, 2014. “I can tell you we helped,” Kasich said. “What could be a greater …
Monday, December 5, 2011
Run off to decide Avon Lake's mayor is Tuesday, Dec. 6.
With no majority winner in the Nov. 8 primary, incumbent K.C. Zuberwill face off against council president Greg Zilka in a run off election on Tuesday, Dec. 6 Need a refresher? Check out our Voter Guide for a comparison. Need more? Read the candidates profiles for Zilka and Zuber. When you made your decision, make sure to get out and vote. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at your usual polling place. Unless results are certified as a dead heat, expect a winner from this election. Did you miss our article on why Avon Lake has run off elections? Read it here. Election links: Patch Voter Guide Candidate Profile: Greg Zilka Candidate Profile: K.C. Zuber On Facebook: Avon Lake Election Central 2011 Election Day information …
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Zilka stands "heads and shoulders" above competition.
When a small city can boast that three fine men want to serve as its mayor, it is a blessed community, and we in Avon Lake can proudly claim that blessing. However, now that we face a run-off election, we must choose the best candidate, and I am firmly convinced that Greg Zilka stands head and shoulders above his competition in the areas that matter: knowledge, experience, dedication and integrity. While I appreciate the gifts of former Mayor Berner, and while I gratefully acknowledge the contributions Mayor Zuber has made in his term, I believe it is past time for our city to enjoy the benefit of Greg Zilka's considerable knowledge in the area of government, his many years of experience an dedication to our city through continual terms on…
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Zilka said some residents aren't aware there is a runoff election.
Although the race for Avon Lake mayor will continue through Dec. 6, one of the two candidates in the run-off election has said he will not be putting out yard signs. With none of the three mayoral candidates earning a majority of the votes, per city charter the two highest vote getters, Greg Zilka and K.C. Zuber, will face off in the run off election. Zuber announced this week he has removed his “Re-elect Zuber” signs from the city. He said the decision was to “honor the Thanksgiving holiday” by taking them down. “It’s important to honor our holidays and not politicize,” Zuber said. “We have many visitors to Avon Lake during the holidays and I decided to take down my ‘reelect Mayor Zuber’ signs to help show the best of Avon Lake to our …
Monday, November 14, 2011
Do you support the need for a runoff election? Take our poll.
Following the release of the cost of a mayoral run off election scheduled for Dec. 6, Avon Lake Patch received numerous inquiries and comments about why there is a run off election. On Nov. 8, a three-way race for mayor concluded without any one candidate earning more than 50 percent of the vote. Per the city’s charter, the two highest vote getters in a mayoral election when no candidate receives more than 50 percent of yes votes—this year being Greg Zilka and K.C. Zuber—will face off in a run-off election. That rule went into effect Nov. 6, 2001, the day Avon Lake voters unanimously approved a charter change requiring a mayor cannot be elected without a majority vote. In that General Election 4,981 voters, (81 percent) supported the …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Dec. 6 runoff means paying poll workers, printing ballots
Mayoral candidate Greg Zilka may have been half-joking when he said voters could save the city money by electing him mayor by a majority vote on Nov. 8. "I have a suggestion on how to save the city between $20,000 and $25,000,” Zilka said at the Dec. 27 Candidates' Night. “If you all vote for me we wont have a runoff and we’ll save that money.” Avon Lake's charter requires the mayor to earn a majority vote. When the polls closed, it was clear with the top vote getter earning only 40 percent of the votes, a Dec. 6 runoff between Zilka and KC Zuber was evident. That races comes at a price. Lorain County Board of Elections Director Paul Adams said the runoff race will cost the city of Avon Lake between $25,000 and $30,000. “The city of Avon…
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