Photos for Headline Surfer / Familiar faces are staying on the Oviedo City Council with qualifying over and no challengers for Mayor Dominic Persampiere and Councilman Steve Henken, shown here from left to right, respectively.OVIEDO -- Mayor Dominic Persampiere and Council member Steve Henken have been returned to their respective seats in this Seminole County city because they had no opponents when qualifying ended.
Though he had no opposition, Persampiere told reporters after Friday's qualifying ended, he's "humbled" nonetheless to be allowed to continue serving Oviedo.
Though he had no opposition, Persampiere told reporters after Friday's qualifying ended, he's "humbled" nonetheless to be allowed to continue serving Oviedo.
Persampiere, who has served on the council since 2000, is paid $13,436 as Oviedo's mayor. Henken and other council members are paid $11,196 a year.
The lack of opposition in municipal campaigning continued from the last election, which saw Councilmen Keith Britton and Stephen Schenck drawing no challengers for their seats.
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Mayor Dominic Persampiere Mayor Dominic Persampiere
Has held the council offices of Deputy Mayor and Council representative for Group IV. He's served on the Oviedo City Council for the past ten years. Mayor Persampiere also served on the Land Planning Agency board in 1999-2000 prior to winning his seat on Council in September 2000. His business interests are characterized as "entrepreneurial and investor-related." He attended Suffolk Community College and can be found pledging his time to the Oviedo Economic Development Committee, the Oviedo-Winter Springs Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Seminole. He is a yearly sponsor of the Oviedo Little League Challenger Division. In his off time, Persampiere likes to play golf, and watch college football and NASCAR racing. He and wife Debbie have two daughters, Amanda and Krysta.DEMOGRAPHICS: City of Oviedo in Seminole County, Florida
By the numbers: Inc: 1925; City limits: 16 square mi Population: 34,965 71.5% white non-Hisp., 13.9% Hispanic, 8.6% Black non-Hisp., 6% various other races; 48% males, 52% females; expected pop. in 2020: 40,000 Median age: 34.8 Education: 98% pop. high school grads, 44% college grads Median household income: $61,644 Average home price 2012: $348,260 for 2,096 sq ft. home Major employers: A. Duda and Sons, Oviedo Mall, Seminole State College, Publix supermarkets, Seminole County Public Schools Oviedo public schools: part of Seminole County Public Schools Closest airports: Orlando Sanford Intl. 8 miles, Orlando Int. 19 mi, Orlando Executive Airport 13 mi Closest hospitals: Winter Park Mem Hospital (Winter Park) 10 mi; Florida Hospital Altamonte (Altamonte Springs) 11 mi; Orlando Reg. South Seminole Hospital (Longwood) 12 mi; Central Florida Reg. (Sanford) 12 mi; Florida Hospital East (East Orange County-Orlando) 13 mi; Orlando Reg. Medical Center (Orlando) 16 mi Closest city with pop. 50,000-plus: Orlando; closest city with pop. 200,000-plus: Tampa Source: City of Oviedo Data Sheet, courtesy of the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission
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There are no specific laws or statutes surrounding the chickens, neither for their protection nor for their removal - the latter being something some residents would like to see due to the danger they pose with traffic in the congested town center. For others, however, the chickens add an element of fun. There are City Ordinances that protect birds in the city limits.Editor's Note:
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