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North Royalton schedules interviews to fill Ward 6 vacancy after resident urges appointment of Ed Cyngier
Summary
Council scheduled a special work session and special meeting April 8 to interview candidates and consider appointment to the Ward 6 vacancy; a resident letter read at the meeting urged the council to appoint Ed Cyngier, citing recent close election results.
North Royalton City Council scheduled a Special Work Session for April 8, 2026, to interview candidates to fill the Ward 6 vacancy and said a Special Council Meeting with an executive session will follow where the appointment may be made.
President of Council Paul Marnecheck announced the schedule and moved — with a second from Councilman Gary Petrusky — to hold an executive session under Ohio law to consider appointment or employment matters. The motion passed on a roll call vote (Yeas: Marnecheck, Coleman, Petrusky, Wojslaw, Green). The council later recessed into that executive session the same evening; invited into the session were Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz, Law Director Tom Kelly, and Clerk of Council Helen Dunlap.
The procedural steps follow the resignation of Michael Wos; the council placed a resolution acknowledging Wos’s community service on second reading during the meeting. During communications, Clerk Helen Dunlap read a letter submitted by Ward 6 resident Karen Bartelme asking the council to appoint Ed Cyngier. The letter said, in part: "Ed Cyngier tied Michael Wos in the November election, clearly indicating that Ward 6 residents had an equal preference for the two candidates. In the run-off election, Michael Wos won by only 5 votes... I am asking you to appoint Ed Cyngier as our Councilperson based on these recent voting results." The letter was entered into the record and read aloud at the meeting.
Council members gave no formal response on the record to the letter during the regular session. The council did take the procedural vote needed to move the executive-session consideration forward; the executive session convened at 9:21 p.m. and ended at 9:55 p.m., after which the regular meeting reconvened. The council adjourned the meeting at 9:58 p.m.
The next procedural step is the Special Work Session on April 8 at 5:00 p.m., when council members will interview qualified candidates for Ward 6. The Special Council Meeting to follow may include an executive session to consider the appointment and an official vote to fill the vacancy.
