Port Richey Government

Incorporated 1925

Port Richey government consists of an elected city council of 5 members, each with 3 year terms of office. A mayor is elected separately and is a member of the city council. The city council appoints a city manager who is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the city.

Mayors

Charles F. Hoffman 1 1925
Victor Malcolm Clark 1926 – 1927
William Michael Nicks 1928 – 1929
John Nelson 1930 – 1938
John G. Holzscheiter (acting) 1937
Frank H. Slagle 2 1939 – 1942
H. E. Clark 1943 – 1944
F. E. McClimans 1945
A. F. Curtis 1946
Marvin D. Ackerman 1947 – 1948
Harry A. Lashua 1949 – 1950
Walker Price Stone 1951 – 1952
Hendrik J. Ammeraal Jr. 1953 – 1954
Fred C. Nelson 1954 – 1956
Dean Cox 1957 – 1958
Francis M. Fisher 1959 – 1960
Paul Runyon 1961 – 1962
John Brasher 1963 – 1966
John W. Durney 1967 – 1974
Harry Siam Jr. 1975 – 1978
Billie Milton Cox 1978 – 1980
Harold Loser 1980
Doug Thompson 1981 – 1983
Harold Loser 1983 – 1986
James M. Carter 1986
Keith Kollenbaum 1986 – 1990
Michael Cox 1991 – 1993
Roger Naused 1993 – 1995
James M. Carter 1995 – 1997
Eileen Ferdinand 1997 – 2000
Bob Leggiere (acting) 2000
Eloise Taylor 2000 – 2005
Mark A. Abbott 2005 – 2007
Richard Rober 2007 – 2012
Bill Colombo (acting) 2012
Eloise Taylor 2012 – 2015
Bill Colombo (acting) 2015
Dale Glen Massad 2015 – 2019
Terrence Rowe (acting) 2019
William Dittmer (acting) 2019
Scott Tremblay 2019
John Eric Hoover 2023 – present

Footnotes:
1 Hoffman was named Mayor by the charter. Victor Malcolm Clark was the first elected mayor.
2 Frank Slagle’s last name is sometime seen spelled “Slagel”.

City Council Members

S. J. Ross 1925
Victor Clark 1925
M. L. Bailey 1925
H. H. Stubblefield 1925
John Nelson 1925
Warner Randall 1926
Walter Smith 1926
Susie Clark 1926
B. W. Davis 1926
Harry Flemming 1926
M. W. Hicks 1930
Harry C. Waldvogel 1930
Art Da Coma 1930
David H. Clark 1931
John Holzscheiter 1932
Henry Remling 1937
William Garrett 1939
William Schaefer 1939
B. N. Wanser 1939
Fred Nelson 1940
S. M. Uzzel 1940
Mrs. Post 1941
Mrs. Nolyscheitermane 1941
N. E. Clark 1941
A. F. Curtis 1943
Homer Hunn 1943
Otto Miller 1943
H. G. Van Buren 1943
Fremont Simmons 1945
James Teeslick 1945
J. B. McDonald 1945
Henry Queener 1945
H. E. Lugenheel 1946
Isadore Decubellis 1946
W. P. Stone 1949
Robert Stewart 1947
Daniel Hillicross 1950
William Grey 1950
Frank Archibald 1951
E. L. Fowler 1952
D. E. Hillsaur 1952
S. H. Ranks 1952
S. H. Allen 1953
D. M. Day 1953
Dean Cox 1955
Howard Roark 1955
John Beaton 1955
Earnest Ritter 1955
Eugene Strout 1956
Dr. Robert Hartzell 1956
John DeYoung 1956
Russ Locastro 1957
Arthur Nowland 1958
Charles Lewis 1958
Lawrence Dougherty 1959
Emil Ilman 1959
James Cardnell 1960
Clarence Pierce 1960
John Gibson 1961
Peter Phillips 1961
Margaret Sutterland 1961
John Brasher 1961
Phillip Cipollo 1961
William Bennett 1962
Don Armstrong 1963
Dan Riddle 1963
Lawrence C. Earle Sr. 1963
William Bell 1964
Robert Koons 1966
William Chafin 1966
Fred Rottman 1966
Roy Baker 1967
William Whited 1967
Charles Schwartz 1968
August Stritt 1968
Thad Lowrey 1969
Frank Williams 1970
Ralph Shannon 1970
Leslie Payne 1972
Holy Oder 1973
John Dacey 1973
Gerald Riddle 1973
Robert Downey 1974
Marilyn Hill 1975
Doris Burris 1975
Robert Wilhite 1976
Gordon Caravona 1977
Myles Kelly 1977
Burton Spissak 1977
Harold Loser 1977
Billie Cox 1977
Doug Thompson 1978
Joe Bilancione 1978
Kenneth Meade 1978
Patrick Raimond 1978
Edward Savica 1979
Gordon Seago 1980
Robert Haleen 1980
Gordon Lennon 1980
Sharon Rumpf 1980
Thomas Smith 1983
Keith Kollenbaum 1984
Roger Naused 1986
Jean Looney 1987
Michael Cox 1987
C. E. Hempfling 1987
Joseph Mastrocolo 1987
Ken Altman 1988
Note: This list (up through 1988) was provided by Francis Mallett.

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