Lake Worth City Council

Council members serve two-year terms and are paid $25 a month.

Place 1

Incumbent E.B. "Gene" Brooks is unopposed and will keep his seat until 2010.

Place 3

Name: Perry Lunsford

Age: 33

Occupation: Owner, lawn-mowing business

Online: none

Background: Lunsford received a bachelor's of business management and accounting from Park University in Parkville, Mo., and served in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years.

About the candidate: He said that he wants to make the city better for the next generation.

Name: Ronny Parsley (incumbent)

Age: 58

Occupation: Maintenance director for a health services organization

Online: none

Background: Parsley says he has a high school education and has been on the council since 1993 and from 1986 to 1990.

About the candidate: Parsley said his familiarity with city issues makes him the right candidate.

Place 5

Name: Pat O. Hill

Age: 65

Occupation: Retired, part-time sales for industrial supply business

Online: none

Background: Hill is a high school graduate, has two years of college experience and retired three years ago.

About the candidate: He said that he is a retired volunteer firefighter and is familiar with City Hall because he has been on the city boards of planning and zoning and economic development.

Name: Don Koehler

Age: 67

Occupation: Builds plastic injection molds

Online: none

Background: Koehler is a high school graduate who has taken a few college classes. He's a supervisor at his job.

About the candidate: Koehler said he has been interested in government for 15 years, adding that, by living here, he has taken from the town and now wants to give something back.

Name: Howard "Doc" Williams

Age: 70

Occupation: Retired Lake Worth postal worker

Online: none

Background: Williams said he graduated high school, spent 20 years in the Navy and then 20 more as a postal worker.

About the candidate: Williams said he is an average guy who is generous, kind and not afraid to speak his mind. He said that he and his family are well-known in the community.

Place 7

Incumbent Clint "Dewayne" Narmore is unopposed and will keep his seat until 2010.