Chino Hills Solons Settle On Johsz As Council Replacement For Graham

Brian Johsz

Brian Johsz

The Chino Hills City Council this week selected 37-year-old Brian Johsz to fill the council position vacated by councilman Ed Graham last month.
One of 16 applicants interviewed on August 11, Johsz was at the time he was nominated a member of the Chino Valley Independent Fire District Board of Directors. When the council turned to the matter at hand, Johsz was the first candidate nominated by councilmembers Art Bennett and Cynthia Moran. But Mayor Ray Marquez and Councilman Peter Rogers on the first vote did not support Johsz. Marquez and Rogers offered Bob Goodwin, the president of the grass-roots group Hope for the Hills, as an alternate candidate. He did not meet with Moran or Bennett’s support. Thereafter Rogers and Marquez nominated Bill Taylor as a second alternative to Johsz. Bennett and Moran were not amenable to Taylor.
Ultimately, Marquez, who was once a fire board member himself, relented after Bennett renominated Johsz. The second time he was considered, Johsz was unanimously supported.
“It’s an honor to have been appointed to the city council,” Johsz told the Sentinel. “There were 16 others who applied and that shows we have great residents interested in giving back. Being a fire board director allowed me to serve our residents and now the city council is a challenge that I look forward to taking on. Our residents are hard working and our city should continue to focus on improving their quality of life.”

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