MACEDONIA, Ohio -- Former longtime Macedonia Mayor Joe Migliorini is considering running for office again in the upcoming election.

Migliorini, who was mayor from 1988 through 2001, has taken out petitions to run for office in the non-partisan November election, according to the Summit County Board of Elections.

He is the second person who has taken out petitions for the office. Former City Councilman Mike Miller became the first in May.

Migliorini served as mayor during a time of unprecedented growth for the city. Part of his legacy includes the current city government building, built in the mid-1990s to house the mayor's administration, city council and both fire and police departments.

Although he owns a home in Florida, Migliorini has remained involved in local politics and still presides over several housing developments in the city and a retirement community, the Villas at Taramina.

The Villas became the subject of national news coverage three years ago when Migliorini, representing the homeowners association there, asked a Vietnam War veteran to remove a flagpole he had erected in his front yard. The homeowners association later backed down.

A dispute over a lot split at another one of Migliorini's subdivisions has landed the city in court after landowners Frank and Jorge Pla sued the city, claiming it improperly tried to reverse its approval of the lot split after the homeowners association objected. That case remains in court.

Migliorini maintains a close relationship with Law Director Joe Diemert, who has served since Migliorini was in office. The two own homes nearby one another in Florida and Diemert has represented the former mayor in a number of cases since he left office.

Current Mayor Don Kuchta has not yet said whether he intends to run for reelection. The city has been deadlocked in a fight over whether Kuchta's attempt to fire Finance Director Scott Svab is legitimate.

Kuchta beat out Councilwoman Sylvia Hanneken in the 2011 election by 47 votes.