Meet the 17 applicants for city clerk, city treasurer

LaShae Dandy, a seven-year Burbank resident, is an insurance billing specialist at Holding Hands Inc., which serves children with neurological and biological diagnoses. Dandy has 20 years of bookkeeping and payroll experience and serves as a board member for Hands for Hope, an organization that reaches out to minority youth in North Hollywood. Dandy is also applying for city clerk.

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David Ellman, a five-year Burbank resident, has been a self-employed consultant since July 2011, preparing royalty statements for Bella Girl Music and serving as a financial advisor to Ohaye Music. From 1992 to 2011, he worked for Chrysalis Music Group Inc., a music publishing company for which he oversaw the accounting department, prepared monthly closing statements and analyzed catalog acquisitions that cost $5 million to $10 million.

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Debbie Kukta is president of KO Properties Inc., a manufacturing company for which she has more than 25 years of experience. A 54-year Burbank resident and accountant, she has performed audits for more than four years. Kukta also serves on the board of the Burbank Unified School District and has belonged to the Verdugo Workforce Investment Board since 1999. She is involved with Burbank Noon Kiwanis and National Charity League of Burbank.

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Michael Sanchez works as a pool technician for Burbank Pool and Spa. A Burbank resident for two years, he is a student majoring in journalism at Los Angeles Valley College, where he plans to graduate with an associate degree in 2014.

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CITY CLERK

The office maintains all official city records; keeps a complete and accurate record of all City Council and other related proceedings; and conducts all municipal elections.

Peter Chu, an adjutant/administrative officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, managed the administrative department for more than 1,000 Marines and sailors. Chu has a degree in environmental engineering and took a basic accounting course, among other courses and training.

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Susan Domen, a Burbank resident for five months at the time of her application, serves as deputy city clerk. Domen has worked in municipal government for 11 years, nine of those years in the city clerk’s office. She has held the position of deputy city clerk since February 2011. Before that she worked as deputy city clerk for the city of Downey for about three years, and worked in other areas of city government in Downey and La Puente.

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