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*** The Temple Terrace City Council ***

The Legislative branch of government of the City of Temple Terrace is the policy-making branch and is comprised of the Mayor and City Council. These elected officials govern the City and represent the citizens as they review activities and establish policies for implementation in the best interest of the health, safety and welfare of the community.

The City of Temple Terrace prides itself on actively maintaining the bond between its citizens and the local government through neighborhood meetings and the Vision 2020 planning process. Both of these programs encourage citizen involvement and input to help determine the future direction of the City of Temple Terrace.

In 1966, the City adopted the Hillsborough County permanent registration system of electors. To be eligible to vote in municipal elections, a person must be registered as an elector in Hillsborough County at the Office of the Supervisor of Elections. This single registration serves for city, county and state elections.

City elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years. The Mayor is elected by a majority vote to a four-year term. Five Council members serve staggered four-year terms. A candidate for elective office in the City must have been a resident of Temple Terrace or an area recently annexed into Temple Terrace for two years prior to the election.

The Legislative Branch of the City of Temple Terrace is comprised of the following elected individuals:

MAYOR JOE AFFRONTI, SR.

Mayor Affronti was elected to the City Council in 1998 for a four-year term, re-elected in 2002, and elected Mayor in 2004. Born in Chicago, Mayor Affronti received his MBA from the University of Chicago and has been a resident of Temple Terrace since 1971. He owns All American Sleeper Cab Manufacturing, which was awarded the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce 1986 Small Business of the Year award. Married to Elizabeth, the Affrontis have four grown children and six grandchildren.

Mayor Affronti represents Temple Terrace on the Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Hillsborough County Council of Governments. He is very active in the community, serving as a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Governor's appointee to Florida Health Access, Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club (past president), Tampa World Trade Council (past chair), Tampa Marketing Association, Pan American Bank Board of Directors Audit Committee, and the University of South Florida Arts & Letters Development Council. He also is a Guardian Ad Litem volunteer and a member of the
Children's Home of Tampa Board of Directors.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALISON M. FERNANDEZ

Council Member Alison Fernandez became a resident of Temple Terrace in 1972. She attended local schools, starting withTemple Terrace Elementary and graduating from King High School. She later graduated from Florida State University with Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and Finance. For a while,
she worked as an auditor fro KPMG Peat Marwick, LLC.

Ms. Fernandez is married to Jose Fernandez. The couple has four boys. Ms. Fernandez also is active in the Temple Terrace Junior Woman's Club, the Lewis Elementary PTA and the Temple Terrace Soccer Association. She was elected to the City Council on Nov. 7, 2006 and re-elected in 2010.

Ms. Fernandez has been appointed to the Hillsborough River Interlocal Planning Board and is the city's liaison to the
School Support Committee.

COUNCIL MEMBER RONALD A. (RON) GOVIN

Council member Govin was elected to the City Council in November 2004 and re-elected in 2008. He was born in Tampa and moved to Temple Terrace in 1986. Mr. Govin has served on the HART board since 2004 and is presently board chairman. He also represents the HART board on the Tampa Historic Streetcar board.

Mr. Govin represented the city for eight years on the Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission, serving as chairman in 2000. He has been a member of the Greater Temple Terrace Chamber of Commerce for more than 20 years, serving as president in 1998 and named winner of the President's Award in 1999.

He is co-founder of LifePath Hospice, serving 13 years on the board of directors and serving as president. He also is a deacon at First Baptist Church of Temple Terrace and a member of several other local baords. Mr. Govin earned a B.S. degree in Business and Accounting from the University of Tampa. He is Chairman of the Board of MarkMaster, Inc., which was awarded the chamber's 2001 Small Business of the Year. He and his wife, Judy, have two sons and four grandchildren.



COUNCIL MEMBER MARY JANE NEALE

Council Member Mary Jane Neale was elected to the City Council on Nov. 4, 2008. She graduated from Miami Edison Senior High School and attended the University of Miami, earning a bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts and another in Secondary Education.

Ms. Neale has been married nearly 50 years to Ronald J. Neale, a retired engineer. The couple has two daughters and one granddaughter. Their oldest daughter is working on her doctorate at the University of South Florida. Their youngest lives in California with her husband and daughter.

Ms. Neale has spent the majority of her life in the volunteer sector, serving in a variety of capacities, including president of the Temple Terrace Woman's Club, president of Masque Community Theatre and vice president of the Northside Mental Health Auxiliary. She has served as resident camp director for the Tropical Florida Girl Scout Council for 15 years and sits of the council's board. She was a loan executive for the Metropolitan Dade County United Way.

Presently, she serves as the department chair for Reaching Out Internationally for the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs. She also is president of the Temple Terrace Arts Council and sits on the board of the USF College of Education Development.
Ms. Neale is the city's representative to the Suncoast League of Municipalities, among other appointments.
She has lived in Temple Terrace since 1991.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT (BOB) BOSS

Robert "Bob" Boss graduated from Buffalo State University in 1980 with a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice. He worked in private security for several years until joining the Pelham Manor Police Department in Westchester County, New York, where he worked for three years.

In 1988, Mr. Boss moved to Florida to go to work at the Temple Terrace Police Department, where he later became supervisor of the Detective Unit. He retired from the police department in November, 2008.

Mr. Boss is president of the Temple Terrace Fraternal Order of Police (Lodge 101). He was elected to the Temple Terrace City Council in November, 2010. He represents the council on the River Watch Task Force and Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission. He and his wife, Cindy, have three adult children: Justin, Jamie and Colin.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID POGORILICH

David Pogorilich graduated from Drexel University in 1985 with a B.S. degree in Construction Management. He moved to Florida in 1986 and earned his MBA from the
University of South Florida in 1992.

Mr. Pogorilich moved to Temple Terrace in 2000 and has served on the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Board of Adjustment, the River Watch Task Force and as chairman of the Municipal Code Enforcement Board. He works as a construction consultant testifying as an expert on complex
construction litigation matters.

Mr. Pogorilich was elected to the Temple Terrace City Council in November, 2010. He serves as the City Council's liaison to the
Board of Adjustment and Municipal Code Enforcement Board. Mr. Pogorilich also represents the City on the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. He and his wife, Angela, have one child: Taylor Nichole.