Barberton City Council voted Thursday night to make local small-business owner Chuck Easterling the city’s next Ward 2 councilman.
Easterling replaces former councilman Kenneth Cheatham, who moved out of the ward in December for family health reasons. Cheatham resigned effective Dec. 31.
At council’s special meeting Thursday, five candidates for the position were interviewed a second time. In Monday’s council meeting, members had held off a vote, expressing a desire for more in-depth interviews…