By ChuCk Alleneditor@qvpr.com

Adam Roduner was selected from a field of nine candidates to fill the Quincy City Council seat vacated by Travis Wittman, who resigned halfway through his term in December.

The council interviewed Roduner and the other eight candidates during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The other candidates were Karen Murray, Amy Trujillo, David Day, Tony Gonzalez, Keith

Anstine, Ricardo Garces, Rod Schwint and David Durfee.

During the interview process, Roduner, who works as a driver-training specialist for Canfield, said he was the fourth generation of his family to live in Quincy. He said he is proud of his hometown.

“I like what’s going on in this commu-nity,” he said. “Everything is growing and expanding. I want to be a part of that.”

Councilmember Jose Saldaña asked why he didn’t run for city council sooner, Roduner said he had been thinking about

it for awhile.“It’s something that I had been think-

ing about, but I never had the guts to do it,” Roduner said. “There is no better time than the present.”

Councilmember Scott Lybbert asked if he could discuss some of the major topics the council has been dealing with recently.

Roduner mentioned law enforcement issues, gangs and data centers.

When asked by councilmember Tom

By ChuCk Alleneditor@qvpr.com

The Quincy Police Depart-ment received a bundle of new things from the Quincy City Council during its meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

The council authorized the purchase of four new police cars, spending $10,000 to help convert the old library building into an annex for the police station, the hiring of a temporary police clerk and a benefits package for reserve police officers.

The council approved police chief Richard Ackerman’s request to purchase four new Dodge Chargers for the de-partment at an expense not to exceed $59,854.35 each. Ack-erman initially requested the four cars when he submitted a budget for the department last fall. The council turned down his request and approved the

purchase of one new vehicle. Ackerman then asked the council to consider leasing the four new cars, which would cost the city less upfront than purchasing the vehicles out-right. After some discussion at previous meetings, the council agreed that if four new vehicles are needed, it would prefer to purchase the vehicles rather than pay the leasing and inter-est costs.

Ackerman told the council that the four new vehicles will replace four aging Ford Crown Victoria patrol cars that are in the department’s fleet. The oldest is 12 years old and has 100,000 miles on it. The two newest Fords in the best con-dition will still be used by the department, Ackerman said. He plans to take the light bars and markings off them and use one as a vehicle for his office workers and use another one

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Open house for new library is tonightStaff report

Quincy Valley residents are all invited to enjoy their new public library during an open house event tonight (Thursday, Jan. 19) from 5 to 8 p.m. The library, at 208 S. Central Ave., has been open for about a month and now it is fully prepared for the grand opening.

Activities for the event include a short program at 6 p.m. with refreshments and

live violin and harp music. The Quincy Valley Library Foundation will also be selling tote bags to help raise money for the library’s children’s pro-grams. Library patrons will still be able to browse the shelves and check out books, tapes and discs during the grand opening celebration, as the library will still be open for business until 8 p.m. Also, they can take in artwork by local students now on display.

Neighborhood schools meeting tonight at center Staff report

The Quincy School District will hold a community information night on Thursday, Jan. 19 at the Quincy Community Center, 115 F St. SW, to give community members an update on the latest progress in converting Mountain View Elementary and Pioneer El-ementary schools into kindergarten through third-grade neighborhood schools for the 2012-13 school year. The meeting will be from 6 to 7 p.m.

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Lauren Kucera, art teacher for Quincy High School, adjusts paintings by her students on display at the Quincy Public Library.