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Frank is the Vice President of Hospitality at Edgewater Group. He previously served as Chief Engineer for the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and as Director of Engineering at The Wyvern Hotel. Before joining Edgewater Group, he was the Director of Operations and Account Service for Prime Net Marketing Services, a division of Journal Communications. Earlier in his career, he founded a commercial and industrial maintenance company and served as managing partner for Ceresoli Depies and Associates, a full-service construction company.

Frank Ceresoli's campaign for Americus City Council Member, District 4 is his first entry into politics.

Supports improving downtown maintenance to boost tourism and hotel tax revenue.

- Supports improving downtown maintenance to boost tourism and hotel tax revenue.

Economy

Believes Americus should better promote its assets, saying "Rylander [Theatre] should be a profit center for the City, not an expense."

- Believes Americus should better promote its assets, saying "Rylander [Theatre] should be a profit center for the City, not an expense."

Public Services

Supports increasing affordable, workforce housing to build the tax roll and encourage local spending.

- Supports increasing affordable, workforce housing to build the tax roll and encourage local spending.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports increasing officer pay and implementing a retention plan to improve public safety.

- Supports increasing officer pay and implementing a retention plan to improve public safety.

Public Safety

Believes infrastructure issues, like worn roads, are not "quick fixes" and require realistic, unified efforts to address.

- Believes infrastructure issues, like worn roads, are not "quick fixes" and require realistic, unified efforts to address.

Transportation & Infrastructure

As of October 18, 2025, Frank Ceresoli did not have a website or any information online.

Energy & the Environment

Frank Ceresoli

Supports increasing affordable, workforce housing to build the tax roll.

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Kathleen Devaney's campaign for Americus City Council Member, District 4 is her first entry into politics.

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Supports reducing bureaucratic obstacles for businesses, citing the event center's challenges in obtaining alcohol sales approval.

Supports addressing income inequality and systemic injustices.

- Supports reducing bureaucratic obstacles for businesses, citing the event center's challenges in obtaining alcohol sales approval.
- Supports addressing income inequality and systemic injustices.

Supports town halls and local events to improve community engagement.

- Supports town halls and local events to improve community engagement.
- Supports providing youth programming.

Supports easing renovation rules for empty downtown buildings to boost revenue, saying, "We need preservation, but with progression."

Supports expanding affordable rental and homeownership options for all income levels.

- Supports easing renovation rules for empty downtown buildings to boost revenue, saying, "We need preservation, but with progression."
- Supports expanding affordable rental and homeownership options for all income levels.

Believes open positions for police officers as an issue, with poor salaries making recruitment difficult, in turn affecting public safety.

- Believes open positions for police officers as an issue, with poor salaries making recruitment difficult, in turn affecting public safety.

Supports modernizing empty downtown buildings to increase revenue, while preserving historic architecture.

Believes the problem with stormwater management is due to a lack of transparency in city administration.

- Supports modernizing empty downtown buildings to increase revenue, while preserving historic architecture.
- Believes the problem with stormwater management is due to a lack of transparency in city administration.

As of October 18, 2025, Kathleen "Katt" Devaney did not have a website or any information online.

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Supports easing renovation restrictions on downtown empty buildings to boost revenue.

Opposes low-income housing and believes in raising wages to make housing more affordable.

- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy. 
- City council is tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city 
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department. 
- City council members represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district. 
- Most city council members in Georgia are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan. 