STOW: Stow residents will choose between the City Council’s vice president and a political newcomer to replace outgoing Mayor Karen Fritschel in the Nov. 8 election.Fritschel cannot run for re-election because of term limits.Scott Buck, 52, has been a financial adviser for 26 years. He is currently with Marshall Buck Financial Group in Hudson. He graduated from the University of Akron with a bachelor’s degree in finance.Buck is a member and past president of the Stow-Munroe Falls Chamber of Commerce, which named him Businessperson of the Year in 2007 and Volunteer of the Year in 2000. He said he is committed to economic development, fiscal responsibility and community involvement.Sara Drew, 41, is vice president of the Stow council. She was elected to a council-at-large seat in 2005.Drew graduated from Bowling Green University, then earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the University of Colorado and now is a case manager with the Summit County Board of Developmental Disabilities.She is a member of the Stow-Munroe Falls Kiwanis, Stow Schools Foundation, Fraternal Order of Police Association and the Stow-Munroe Falls Chamber of Commerce.As a council member, Drew took the lead on fundraising for and procuring Stow’s Boundless Playground, an accessible play area for children. With the Finance Department and Stow-Munroe Falls schools, she helped to secure a Safe Routes to School grant in 2011.Drew chairs the council’s Planning Committee, which encouraged economic development to take over vacant buildings.“As mayor, I will continue to focus on the reuse of vacant commercial properties,” she said.Both candidates vow to maintain city services while living within the dwindling Stow budget. Both said economic development is a priority.Next year, the city is expected to lose about $1.6 million from state funding, estate taxes and property taxes.Drew said she would work to reorganize city government, looking for additional ways to save money.“One of the ways we may be able to save money is to contract with the private sector for some services,” she said. “I will strive to maintain our excellent quality of life and focus on job creation to ensure a stable revenue base for our community.”Buck said his primary goal is to empower the employees of the city to work as efficiently as possible. He worries about an understaffed, overworked police department.“I’m going to look to [the employees] for better ways to save money,” Buck said “We’re losing $750,000 just in state funding. It’s going to take all of that brain power and experience to help us get through this.”