By unanimous vote of the City Council, Donald Pellegrino was selected as mayor of Arcadia for the 1985-86 year and Mary Young was selected to replace him as mayor pro-tem.
Because a 2-2 vote on regulations for video games appeared inevitable, Mayor pro tem Dennis Lojeski at the last Arcadia City Council meeting requested that the matter be held over until the next meeting when Mayor Don Pellegrino will be present.
Roger Chandler, Dennis Lojeski and Robert Harbicht won seats in the Arcadia City Council election. Incumbent councilman Dennis Lojeski was the top vote getter.
Mary Young was installed as the new mayor of Arcadia, while Charles Gilb was named mayor pro-tem. Donald Pellegrino and David Hannah stepped down from the council to be replaced by Roger Chandler and Robert Harbicht.
Dr. Dennis Lojeski, a dentist in Arcadia, is running for City Council. Lojeski has been very active in local organizations. Biographical details included.
Mary Young, the only woman in Arcadia's history to serve 2 terms as mayor and only the second on the city council, was unanimously elected as mayor while Charles Gilb was elected mayor pro-tem by the newly formed city council.
Dennis Lojeski, the city councilman and former mayor who won his narrowest election victory just four months ago, died Sunday of a brain aneurysm. He was 52.
City Council will hold its annual reorganization meeting. It is expected that Charles Gilb will be elected mayor for the second time and Jack Saelid will be mayor pro tem, an office he has held before.