By Kimberly Gasuras

Nearly all of the city offices in Galion are up for grabs during Tuesday’s election and several city council seats in Bucyrus are as well.

In Bucyrus, incumbent Sis Love is vying to keep her position as Bucyrus City Council president against newcomer, Kurt Fankhauser.

Although Fankhauser does not have experience in city government, he has owned and operated his business, Wavelinc, for several years in Bucyrus. Love has served on the Bucyrus City Council since 2004 as council-at-Large for seven years, council president for seven years and in 2014, she was the acting mayor when Mayor Roger Moore died unexpectedly.

Six candidates are up for election to fill three council-at-large positions including three incumbents: two-term city council member Dan Wirebaugh, former Bucyrus mayor Daniel Ross, and Mark Makeever, who is ending his first term on council. They are up against three opponents: Cheryl E. Sipe, insurance agent Kevin Myers and local business owner, Jeff A. Norman.

While first ward council member Bruce Truka, is unopposed in this election, incumbent Monica Sack is up against newcomer and owner of Dillinger’s Event Center and Restaurant, Shawn Ridgeway.

In the city’s third ward, voters will decide between candidate Douglas Foght against incumbent William O’Rourke.

Voters in the fourth ward will choose one council member from write-ins on the ballot. The information may be obtained from poll workers at the precincts.

The mayor’s race in Galion between current city council member Jim Hedges, incumbent Tom O’Leary and former council member Ken E. Bodkins, Sr., is heating up while Carl Watt is running unopposed for another term as Galion City Council president.

For the position of Galion City Auditor, former treasurer Paula Durbin is squaring up against incumbent Brian L. Treisch and current council member Susan Bean.

Roberta Wade once was the city’s law director and she will be on the ballot against incumbent, Thomas Palmer.

Current council members Gail Baldinger, Dr. Thomas Fellner and Shirley Clark are up for re-election to their positions as city council-at-large members. They will face-off against candidates Carrie Zeger and Alice Matthews.

While Galion’s first ward council member, William Comerford, is running unopposed as is second ward council member Mark Triplett, Joe Haley and former council member, Mike Richart are going head-to-head for the third ward seat.

In the fourth ward of Galion, newcomers Jennifer Kuns and Tammy Siclair-Erlsten are vying for a seat on council.

For more information, visit the Crawford County Board of Elections site at https://sites.google.com/site/crawfordboe/home.