Freitag tapped as city treasurer

Term will

end in 2013

By BEcky Brooks

Man­ag­ing Editor

news@gazettepublishingco.com

Interim City Trea­surer and for­mer 4th Ward Coun­cil­man David Fre­itag was appointed city trea­surer after a meet­ing of the Belle­vue Repub­li­can Cen­tral Com­mit­tee Thurs­day night.

San­dusky County Repub­li­can Cen­tral Com­mit­tee Chair­man Justin Smith ran the meet­ing, and the sole pur­pose was to fill the treasurer’s posi­tion left vacant by Don­ald Berkey being elected Mayor of Bellevue.

Fre­itag was the only appli­cant for the posi­tion, Smith reported.

The new trea­surer com­mit­ted to run a solid cam­paign to retain the posi­tion in the 2013 elec­tion. He is fin­ish­ing the six-year term vacated by Berkey, which ends Dec. 31, 2013.

“I will fun a good cam­paign,” Fre­itag told the com­mit­tee mem­bers who met in the coun­cil cham­bers at Belle­vue City Centre.

“I think he’ll be a valu­able asset,” Berkey commented.

For­mer Mayor David Kyle, also a cen­tral com­mit­tee mem­ber, too sup­ported the appoint­ment. “He worked with me all my years being mayor,” Kyle told the other mem­bers and vis­i­tors from the county committee.

Fre­itag said he has had expe­ri­ence cam­paign­ing, hav­ing run for Huron County Com­mis­sioner in 2006.

He also shared that he has served three terms as the Belle­vue 4th Ward coun­cil­man, served as chair­man of the city bud­get com­mit­tee and has been a local busi­ness­man for 30 years.

Kyle also pointed out that Fre­itag was involved in the cre­ation of the cur­rent down­town committee.

At the end of the vote, the new trea­surer was sworn into office by the man he replaced, who is now Belle­vue Mayor.

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