Filing Opens, With Fields Already Crowded : Elections: City Council and school board races already have seven announced candidates each. Other races are for college board, city clerk and treasurer. Nominations close Jan. 28.

GLENDALE —  Filing for April municipal elections opens today and, already, a slew of candidates has bolted away from the starting blocks.

Two more hopefuls joined the City Council race with back-to-back press conferences Tuesday, bringing the number of announced starters to seven, even before the official gun has sounded. Seven others already are in the running for the school board.

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Judging by the volume of election inquiries to her office, City Clerk Aileen B. Boyle--also seeking reelection--predicts that as many as 30 candidates may enter five races by the time nominations close Jan. 28. A total of 11 seats are open for the council, school board, college district, city clerk and city treasurer.

There will be no incumbent running for at least three of the seats--one on the City Council and two on the school board--which usually opens the door for a large field of hopefuls.

Mayor Carl Raggio announced in October that he will vacate the council seat he has held for eight years.

Two other council incumbents--Ginger Bremberg, finishing her third four-year term, and Richard E. (Dick) Jutras, in his first term--declined this week to state their intentions.

Bremberg usually is one of the first in line to file for nomination but said others will have to wait until today to learn her decision.

Two directors of the Glendale Unified School District, Charles E. Whitesell and June F. Sweetnam, said they will not seek reelection. Both were targets of an unsuccessful recall effort last June by parents who opposed $6.3 million in board-approved budget cuts, including a much-touted program for troubled students.

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Whitesell and Sweetnam have cited personal reasons for retiring, but Whitesell has said acrimony over the budget reductions helped him make his decision.

A third school board member whose term expires, Jane M. Whitaker, said last month she will campaign for a fourth term.

Three terms also are expiring on the Glendale Community College District board. Two members, Ted W. Tiffany and Kenneth N. Sweetnam (no relation to the school district board member), said Tuesday they will campaign for another term. Trustee Phillip C. Kazanjian said he is undecided.

In addition to City Clerk Boyle, the position of city treasurer also is up for election. Elizabeth W. Evans, who was appointed interim treasurer in 1984 and elected twice since 1985, said she will seek a third term.

Applications for nomination are available at the city clerk’s office at City Hall, 613 E. Broadway, beginning at 8 a.m. today.

Candidates must obtain signatures of at least 500 registered voters and pay a $25 fee by 5 p.m. Jan. 28 to qualify for the April 6 ballot. Candidate statements printed in ballot information booklets will cost an additional $700.

In order of their announcements, City Council candidates include John Beach, 47, a semi-retired computer programmer; David G. Weaver, 53, a civil engineer; Bob Yousefian, 36, a building contractor; John Krikorian, 60, a magazine publisher; Bob Torres, 37, a real estate consultant; Mary Ann Plumley, 62, a real estate broker; and Jerry Barrone, 61, a banking executive.

Three of the candidates--Beach, Plumley and Torres--ran unsuccessfully for the council two years ago.

Candidates for the school board include Sid Jurman, an educator; Al Forthman, principal of Adams Middle School in Redondo Beach; Jeanne Bentley, a former counselor at Crescenta Valley High School; Lynda Rocamora, a community volunteer; Deborah Dentler, a Glendale College professor; Peter Musurlian, an aide to Rep. Carlos J. Moorhead (R-Glendale), and attorney John Gantus.

Times correspondent Viken Berberian contributed to this story.