Common Council
In his present tenure in the Common Council,Franczyk is a member of the Finance and Civil Service Committees. Prior to his current term,Franczyk served as Fillmore District Councilmember,Chair of the City's Finance Committee,and President Pro-Tempore of the Common Council from 1986 through 2000. He has legislated on crime prevention,historic preservation,housing,economic development,and constituent service. [6] He is an advocate of landmark preservation, [7] and has also been involved in environmental preservation battles. [8] [9] He proposed the legislation that reduced the Buffalo Common Council from thirteen members to nine. [10] Franczyk was preceded as Fillmore District Councilman by Stephen J. Godzisz,who had served from 1984-1985 and as Common Council President by James Pitts who began his term in 1994 under Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello. [11] Franczyk continued under Masiello until Masiello was succeeded by Byron Brown.
Franczyk,after 32 years of service announced in January 2019 he would not seek re-election. His successor,Legislative Staffer,Mitch Nowakowski won the June 25th democratic primary and November 5th general election to succeed him as Fillmore District Council Member.
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