Shawver appointed and sworn in to city council

Cory Shawver was appointed by Lorain Democratic Party Central Committee Sept. 7 to fill Joe Faga’s term.

Cory Shawver has been appointed by the Lorain Democratic Party Central Committee Sept. 7 and sworn into Lorain City Council office Sept. 8 as Ward 7 councilman.

He will be completing the remainder of previous Ward 7 Councilman Joe Faga’s term, who resigned Aug. 30 after serving on council since Jan. 1, 2014.

“I’m very excited to get started with the seat early,” Shawver said.

He previously won the Democratic primary in May, beating out Democrat Joel Gleason, and was running uncontested for the seat in November’s election.

Shawver said as he was campaigning for the primary earlier this year, he learned from many residents in his ward about the impact that Faga had with his vision and leadership.

“I thank him for his hard work and I look forward to continuing the work,” Shawver said.

He said his main focus now that he is in office is to make the current improvements being done to Lorain into a reality for all residents.

“There’s a lot of residents in the city that are yet to feel the progress and growth,” Shawver said. “We won’t take our foot off the gas pedal and will continue building to make sure everyone in the city feels that progress.”

Additionally, he said he will be taking the concerns of Ward 7 residents to council in his new appointment.

“The biggest things that the people in my ward are concerned of are making sure the infrastructure is updated, that the roads and sewers work when they need to, to be sure the communities are safe,” Shawver said, in addition to supporting the city’s police and fire departments.

Cleaning up dilapidated properties is also a part of making the community safer, he said.

Keeping a close eye on the happenings of Lorain City Schools is also on Shawver’s list of assumed duties as councilman.

“The people of Lorain are expecting our city government leaders to have at least an eye and grasp on what’s going on in the schools ... There’s limited transparency, to say the least,” he said.

COURTESY — CORY SHAWVER Cory Shawver, left, being sworn in as the new Lorain Ward 7 Councilman Sept. 8. He will be serving the remainder of previous Councilman Joe Faga’s term.