Robert J. Serafini is seeking to become a Penn Forest Township supervisor on the Democratic ticket.

He was born and raised in Newark, N.J. and has a Catholic education through high school and earned an electrical engineering degree from Newark College of Engineering.He started with a consulting engineering firm doing water and waste water pollution control work for municipalities and the steel industry.After eight years, he became president and partner in an electrical contracting firm in Syracuse, N.Y. and remained in that position until 2004 when he sold the company.He is presently a member of the Penn Kidder Township Library Center Board.He has been married for 47 years to Maryann, a special-education teacher, and they have three children and four grandchildren. They have lived in Albrightsville since 2008.Serafini said he offers the following experiences for your consideration: ran a company store with an average employment of 53 people for 20 years, served as CEO and CFO for 30 years, ran a union shop and also served as management trustee for pension, health and annuity funds for 25 years and also served as chairman of the Joint Apprenticeship Training School for 10 years, and was on the negotiating committee of the National Electrical Contractors Association for 20 years.He would work to ensure that the desires of the residents of the township are heard and acted upon toward a better township. At township meetings, there is a deep animosity among the supervisors and it shows that each one has their own view. But there is no compromise and no benefit to the township.He would work toward having the supervisors work as a team to accomplish what needs to be done in the township to have it run smoothly and efficiently. At the last meeting, March 8, 2013, which was advertised as a SALDO (Pennsylvania rules for small towns) educational meeting turned into a voting meeting to increase fees and costs to homeowners. Most major purchases in the past were made for things not on the published meeting agenda. Total $273,000.He will ask that rules require: Any expenditure over $3,000 outside of the normal monthly costs be approved at two consecutive monthly meetings. This would encourage planning.