The Sweden Republican committee has nominated the following slate of candidates for the 2021 election to be held November 2: Supervisor Kevin G. Johnson; Councilperson Robert Muesebeck; Councilperson Patricia Hayles; Justice Anthony Perry; and Town Clerk Karen Sweeting.
Kevin Johnson is in his fourth year as Sweden Supervisor. Previously he served four years as a Town Justice and was a Sweden Councilperson before that. Johnson has a wide breadth of Town government service, including posts on the Board of Assessment Review and the Seymour Library Board of Trustees. An attorney in the Brockport practice of Klafehn Heise and Johnson, he and his wife Marne are raising their four young children in Sweden.
Bob Muesebeck is seeking his third four-year term as a councilperson. A native of Brockport, Muesebeck previously served on Sweden’s Board of Assessment Review from 1990 to 2013 and the Brockport Village Board from 1993 to 2000. He has also served as Sweden’s Deputy Supervisor for nearly eight years. A licensed realtor, Muesebeck is a Vietnam veteran and serves as President of the Brockport Area Vets Club. Muesebeck has been married for 48 years to Lee Lee Muesebeck, owner of Our Village Optician.
Patricia Hayles is completing her first term as councilperson. A CPA with a private practice in the Brockport area since 1987, Hayles has been active in the community, notably with the Lakeside Health System and Lakeside Foundation. She is also very active in the Nativity Church. As a Sweden Town Board member, Hayles acts as the liaison to the Seymour Library and the Sweden/Clarkson Community Center. Hayles and her husband Bill have lived in Sweden for 29 years, raising their four grown children here.
Anthony Perry is seeking his second term as Sweden Town Justice. He is a retired Town of Gates police officer whose 32-year law enforcement career included time as a patrolman, investigator, and road patrol sergeant. Perry is a native of Port Crane, New York, and moved to Brockport to attend SUNY Brockport, earning a degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Sociology. Perry has three adult children.
Karen Sweeting has served as Sweden Town Clerk since 2004. Prior to that, she worked for the Town as a Court Clerk and as the Tax Receiver. She is a member of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, the NYS Town Clerks Association, Monroe County Town Clerk and Receivers Association, and the NYS Association of Local Government Records Officers. She and her husband Rob have four sons.
Over the past four years, the team has undertaken the largest infrastructure projects in town history and lowered the total town tax levy. Led by Johnson, the board has improved communications, overhauled codes and policies, and maintained accessible town services during the pandemic. If elected, the group plans to continue its promise to make Sweden a place residents are proud to call home.
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