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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