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The following Lisbon Village Council candidate bio was inadvertently omitted from the story published Oct. 27. The other candidates include Jerry Cox, Susan Temple, Tom Darcy, Tammy Roberts, and Don Grimm.
Melissa Hiner
Melissa Hiner, 46, North Beaver Street, hopes her experience as a deputy auditor and her accounting degree will propel her to one of the seats on Lisbon Village Council on Nov. 2.
A lifelong Lisbon resident, Hiner graduated from David Anderson High School in 1993 and obtained her associate degree in accounting from the Ohio Valley Business College in 1999. She currently works as the deputy auditor for the city of Salem, appointed to the post in 2012. Prior to that she worked as the bookkeeper at the Rondinelli Company in Boardman and earlier than that at Sky Bank in Salineville, where she was the supervisor of Brinks and general services.
Hiner is divorced and has a 13-year-old daughter, Chloe. She serves the community as a member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles.
Hiner said she would like to implement new ideas to help create revenue for the village and ensure the tax dollars are used in the most effective way to improve Lisbon and make it a safe and wonderful place to live.
"I feel my experience as deputy auditor and degree in accounting makes me an excellent candidate for Lisbon village council," Hiner wrote. "I will do my best to find and create revenue, improve the infrastructure of our streets, ensure our safety forces have the most efficient equipment and training and that our tax dollars are being spent as promised since the .50 percent income tax increase. I have enjoyed watching all the positive movements to our village over the past year. I would like to be a part of helping Lisbon grow and making our village a better place."