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Oldsmar election
By Times Staff Writer
Published March 12, 2006
THE JOB
Oldsmar City Council members serve three-year terms and have a two-term limit. The position pays $7,200 a year. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the four candidates will participate in a forum sponsored by the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce at Council Chambers, 100 State St. W. The forum will be moderated by the League of Women Voters. The election is Tuesday.
COUNCIL SEAT 1
JIM RONECKER
AGE: 41
POSITION: Owner of On Demand Printing in Tampa.
BACKGROUND: Ronecker has lived in Oldsmar for nine years. He graduated from Countryside High School in 1982 and from St. Petersburg Junior College in 1991. He is the CEO of the Young Advisory Group of the Printing Industries of America, a board member of the Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization and board member of the Printing Association of Florida. He has served on the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council and on the Agency on Bay Management, and he was chairman of the Upper Tampa Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce. He is married and has three children, ranging in age from 2 to 15 years old.
BRIAN MICHAELS
AGE: 47
POSITION: Service/network manager for EGP copiers.
BACKGROUND: Michaels has lived in Oldsmar for 21 years and served on the City Council from 2000 to 2003. He was on the board of directors for Keep Florida Beautiful from 2004 to 2005 and served as vice president and president for the Forest Lakes homeowners association. He is married.
COUNCIL SEAT 3
JANICE MILLER
AGE: 63
POSITION: Realtor
BACKGROUND: Miller has lived in Oldsmar for 36 years. She is involved in several organizations, including the Woman's Club, Friends of the Library, the Garden Club, the Oldsmar Historical Society and the local AARP chapter. She is married and has a grown son.
ERIC SEIDEL
AGE: 42
POSITION: Seidel is president and CEO of eAutoclaims Inc., a public company based in Oldsmar.
BACKGROUND: A political newcomer, Seidel has been living in Oldsmar for 11/2 years. He recently stepped down as trustee council chairman and executive committee member of the Upper Tampa Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce. He was national president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce from 1993 to 1994. Seidel is divorced and has a son and stepson.
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