Bill Furey
At-Large
Phone: (330) 963-7701
Email: bfurey@twinsburg.oh.us

INTRODUCTION
My name is Bill Furey and I would like to thank the residents for giving me the opportunity to serve Twinsburg on City Council. As an at Large representative, I have a chance to work with the other five Ward Councilmen on issues affecting the city and in sharing ideas to improve our community.

I currently serve on the finance and safety committees of Council. The finance committee has worked with the administration, and in particularly Joanne Terry our finance director, to make sure we spend the Cities money wisely. We have also recently received the final version of the State performance audits for several city departments. This information will used by Council and the Mayors office to implement cost savings where appropriate and add resources where deemed necessary. By controlling city spending, we can reduce the need for any additional property tax increases in the near future.

The Safety Committee has been working with several City departments (Fire, Planning, Engineering and the Mayors office) to complete the final plans for our new Fire station. The new station will be located on the north side of Glenwood across from the Heinens grocery store. This location will provide northern Twinsburg, in particular Meadowood and Ethan’s Green, with significantly improved emergency response times. We have worked as a group to reduce the construction costs of the new station by over a million dollars and I anticipate the construction to begin in early spring of 2006.

I will continue to work with Council and the Mayor on ways to save money for our residents. Recently many of you participated in the natural gas program with Vectren which will save the residents of the City over two million dollars in heating costs this winter. I consider it a privilege to serve on Council and please feel free to contact me with any questions in the future.  

Job Experience:
Aug’94- Present - Avnet Electronics, Cleveland, Ohio Area Account Manager responsible for Strategic Accounts in North eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania with Avnet Electronics, a global supplier of Semiconductors and Intellectual Property.
1982 - 1988 United States Marine Corps, Active Reserve, Akron, Ohio. Honorable Discharge.
2002- Present State Certified for Health, Life, Accident Insurance and Variable Annuities

Family:
Wife Cindy and son Michael Thomas

Community Activities:
Twinsburg Parks and Recreation Board 1999 to 2003 (Chairman 2002-03)
Glen Eagle's Advisory Board 2000 to 2003
Adelphia Cable Consortium Board representing TwinsburgCity 1996 to 2000
Ethan Green Home Owner Association 2001 to 2006
Knights of Columbus 1992 to Present
Ravenna Jaycees, 1988-1993
ASA Softball Umpire, Bedford Association 1992 to Present
Youth Baseball Coach TBL 2002-Present
AYSO Soccer Coach 2002-Present

Certifications:
FEMA - IS-00700, National Incident Management System (NIMS) an Introduction, April 21, 2007
FEMA - IS-00100, Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS100), April 22, 2007
FEMA - IS-00200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents, April 28, 2007
Feel The Heat, April 2005