Mayfield Heights Council Schedules Organizational Meeting To Vote On New Officers

The Mayfield Heights City Council will elect its president and president pro tem during an organizational meeting at 5:30 p.m. April 3 at City Hall.

Council will also choose its representatives for the Planning Commission and Mayfield Union Cemetery Board.

Additionally, this will be the first meeting for .

Mayor Anthony DiCicco appointed DeJohn to Council earlier this month.

DeJohn was not one of the final six candidates who interviewed for the vacancy that opened up after DiCicco replaced the previous mayor, Gregory Costabile, who resigned from the position.

However, Council could not agree on a candidate within the 45 days so the responsibility fell to DiCicco.

"I didn't want to split up council, so I decided to pick outside of the candidates," DiCicco said previously. "I went with the person who had the most votes in the last election, but didn't get voted.

DeJohn, a member of the Planning Commission, lost by eight points to councilmember Nino Monaco in the November 2011 election.