Incumbent Tim Wagener Faces Challenger Tim Pauken For Mayor
BY NANCY GAGNET— MIRROR REPORTER
Incumbent Mayor Tim Wagener and council member Tim Pauken will square off for the mayor’s seat in Maumee on Tuesday, November 8.
Wagener is seeking his fourth term as mayor. He hasn’t been challenged for the position since 1999, when he was first elected.
Pauken, who has served on Maumee City Council for six years, is also seeking the position of mayor, which his older brother Steve also held.
According to the Maumee city charter, if Pauken is successful in his bid for mayor, members of council would select a candidate to fill the vacated seat. If a council vote is tied, the mayor would not be allowed to cast a deciding vote.
After 30 days however, the mayor could select a candidate to fill the seat without approval by council.
If Wagener is re-elected, Pauken will resume his seat on council through the end of his term.
• Tim Pauken was elected to Maumee City Council in 2005 and re-elected in 2009.
He serves on the public utilities and public information committees and is the chair of both committees.
He is also a member of the environment, personnel, buildings and lands, and water and sewer committees.
He previously served on the streets committee and was chairman of the land use and zoning committee.
For 41 years he has been employed by Maumee City Schools and currently serves as the building engineer for Fort Miami Elementary School.
He has held various leadership roles in OAPSE/AFSME Local 240, is the former president of Recycled Laser Products and is a 16-year member of the credit committee of the Maumee Educators Federal Credit Union.
He served as a board member for the Maumee Monclova Toledo Joint Economic Development Zone and the Substance Abuse Intervention League, or SAIL.
He lives in Maumee with his wife Karen and is the stepfather of Madison and Aaron.
“Over the six years I have served as a councilman, I have had a growing concern about the direction in which our city is heading and I believe that the citizens of Maumee deserve better,” he said.
“I have been working diligently to effect change as a member of Maumee City Council,” he said.
Pauken believes the city needs top-down support to move forward.
“I believe that Maumee deserves to have a mayor who focuses on bringing in more quality jobs, supporting and encouraging excellence in education and supporting and encouraging the families of our great city,” he said. “I also believe that the citizens of Maumee deserve leadership that is focused on what matters to them in their daily lives.”
• Tim Wagener is seeking his fourth term as mayor.
Before serving as mayor, Wagener was elected to Maumee City Council in 1991. He served on council until 1999, when, as council president, he took over as mayor when Steve Pauken resigned from the position.
In November of that year he was elected to the office of mayor after defeating Marilyn Mount Kocevar in the election.
Wagener was again elected to the office in 2003 and 2007, running in unopposed races.
He is a representative to the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments and serves on the boards of St. Luke’s Hospital and the Maumee Indoor Theater.
He is a supporter of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign War and the Maumee Valley Historical Society, and has volunteered at the Wolcott Museum Complex.
He is a former member of the Northwest Ohio Mayors and Managers Association and a former board member for the Lucas County Improve-ment Corporation.
Wagener cites several accomplishments in the city during his time as mayor, including the development of the Dana Technical Center, which became Dana world headquarters; the success of the Arrowhead Business Park and the Shops at Fallen Timbers; the purchase of Rolf Park from the Maumee City Schools; and the expansion of the Maumee Senior Center.
Uptown area businesses were improved, including renovations to the Maumee Indoor Theater, with three state grants that totaled more than $1 million.
Citing programs such as early retirement incentives, Wagener said the city has been able to save money without layoffs. In addition, the budget was trimmed without cuts in services or increasing taxes, he said.
Wagener is a registered representative for Modern Woodmen Financial Services, a fraternal nonprofit life insurance society.
He grew up in Maumee and he and his wife Karen recently celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary. They have two children, Molly and Trevin.
“While working with council and directing the administration, we have worked tirelessly to improve the city’s financial position,” he said.
Wagener said the administration worked closely with the business community and economic development professionals to further create opportunities to increase the income base.
“Additionally, we created new economic development programs and new tax sharing zones. As a result, we are now on pace to end 2011 with the highest income tax revenue in our history,” he said.
In addition, the city’s 2011 projected $2 million budget deficit was turned into a surplus as of this August, he said.
Wagener also said that during his tenure, nearly every major city facility was replaced.
“During my time as mayor, I am very proud of all the changes that have occurred in Maumee and the fact that I have not had to lay off a single city employee,” he said.

Three Candidates Run Unopposed For City Council Positions
BY NANCY GAGNET — MIRROR REPORTER
Three candidates are running unopposed for three open seats on Maumee City Council.
Council seats held by Doug Brainard, Todd Zimmerman and Jenny Barlos are up for election. Of the three, only Barlos is seeking re-election.
Two other Maumee residents, Dan Hazard and John Boellner, are running unopposed to fill the vacated seats.
• Jenny Barlos has been a member of Maumee City Council since June 1993, when she was appointed to fill a vacant seat. She was elected to a two-year term in fall 1993 and re-elected to four-year terms in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
She is currently the chairman of the finance and streets committees and is a member of the code, municipal court, personnel and safety committees.
She is currently the client services director for Assistance Dogs of America, a program of the Ability Center of Greater Toledo, where she matches people who have mobility disabilities with certified service and therapy dogs.
Previously, she worked as the clinic director for Humane Ohio, director of the Northwest ABLE Resource Center and instructor for at-risk teens and adults for the Lucas County Educational Service Center, Owens Community College and Penta Career Center.
She is a trustee with the Mobility Alliance, is on the board of the Friends of the Library and is a member of the Toledo Symphony League, where she received a Crescendo Award in 2006 for outstanding volunteerism.
Barlos serves on the Ohio Fire Commission, an advisory group to the State Fire Marshal.
She is a member of the Penta Career Center Adult Education Advisory Committee as well as the occupational therapy curriculum and fieldwork advisory committee at the University of Toledo.
She received a bachelor of arts in Communication from Bowling Green State University.
Barlos and Harry, her husband of 20 years, live in Maumee with their two sons, Michael and Graham.
• John Boellner is seeking his first term on council.
He is an Army veteran and a member of the American Legion Post No. 320.
He is the chairman of Toledo Labor Day Parade Committee.
A 25-year volunteer with the American Red Cross, Boellner was inducted into the Walbridge Society for Lifetime Achievement for the Toledo Area Red Cross.
He is a former trustee of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library and former board member of United Way of Greater Toledo.
He also served on the Lucas County Dog Warden Advisory Committee and was the former political coordinator of Greater Northwest Ohio AFL-CIO. He served as treasurer of the Maumee Sesquicentennial Committee.
He retired from the United States Postal Service after 37 years of service.
A graduate of St. John’s Jesuit High School, Boellner is a lifelong resident of Maumee and the father of two children.
• Dan Hazard is seeking his first term on council.
A lifelong resident of Maumee, Hazard is a member of the Maumee Indoor Theater Advisory Board and is a Maumee High School STRIVE volunteer.
He is a St. Paul’s Community Soup Kitchen volunteer and a member of the Maumee Rotary. He is also a former member of Boy Scout Troop No. 32.
He is the legislative aide to Sen. Betty Montgomery and Sen. Tim Greenwood and a vestryman for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Maumee.
Hazard is an attorney with a Maumee law firm and his practice includes business, contract and employment matters. He is licensed to practice in Ohio and Michigan as well as federal courts.
Hazard received his bachelor of arts from The Ohio State University and graduated cum laude from the University of Toledo College of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review.
He and his wife Katie have four children.
He said the city needs representatives who understand the challenges the community faces and will work together to make government work efficiently.
“We need a renewed economic development effort to attract new businesses and employment opportunities to the city,” he said. “I am committed to working toward a leaner city government that will preserve the quality of life that Maumee residents are accustomed to.”