Show You? voto counts The Davis County asked candidates for this year’s municipal elections to respond to several questions The responses follow Standard-Examin- er si Date of birth: Nov 1 4 1 946 8 Phone number Occupation: Foreman at Hill Air Force Base Qualifications for office: Twenty-seve- n years at Hill two years in the Army as a legal assistant one year at Weber State :i i: 497-900- I'M ' i '! $ hLi What do you think is the No problem in your community and what would you do to solve it? 1 your city were given a $20000 grant with no strings attatched on what would you spend it and why? If The rapid growth and the present city council not being able to keep up We need to anticipate the growth of different areas and control it without completely stopping it Concentrate on the youth in our city and the rising gang Growth and the impact it is having on roads and services e and Develop both a an immediate plan to improve roads and services to keep up with the growth Insure that funds are made available to do Sidewalks There are limited sidewalks and this creates a problems They are our future How do you propose to give residents a voice in city government? More public hearings and open forums Just to give residents a chance to ask questions not just over specific issues but anything in the city that concerns them you could change one thing the way your city operated what would it be and why? If in The city needs to be divided into districts We are now well over 50000 That would give all citizens equal representation University Experience in elected office: Ran in 1991 and 1993 for city council Golden C ‘Gold Sill Jr B Date of birth: Dec 24 1 933 4 B Phone number B Occupation: Retired B Qualifications for office: Served on the council lived in city many years close association with the people of South 478-388- Weber B Experience in elected Henry Dickamore fice: City council 1 980-8- 2 Legislature 1983-8- 8 so B Qualifications for office: r I' B Qualifications for office: Past experience currently zoning and ordinance officer and building inspector interest and concerns for the community B Experience in elected of- Jeff G Monroe : ’ 479-444- B Qualifications for office: years experience in management desire and commitment to serve the community more than 27 years of Twenty-plu- s i $ living in South Weber Brent Petersen B Experience In elected office: Appointed in December 1994 to the council B Date of birth: Dec 3 1 951 9 B Phone number: 479-874- B Occupation: clerk Accounting B Qualifications for office: Over 12 years on planning commission degree from WSU in political science and legal studies 15 years in banking and accounting B Experience in elected office: Ran for mayor two years ago 14 Standard-Examin- er Encourage an e Encourage a approach to increase the open-do- or Growth dealing with youth recreation programs development of land the effect of highways and roads on the city and planning of the city to maintain the type of community in which we live Youth recreation building so our kids would have a place to go and play and not have to travel so far and not be so dependent on other cities The use of committees to respond to issues to listen and get an understanding of the people to respond in a manner that will benefit them as I vote on issues Management and facilitation of the city's growth while maintaining the rural neighborly environment Communicating and understanding of the mission and vision to the community and then creating a supportive Spend part of it on a system of communication to promote involvement and achievement of city goals The rest would be used to create recreation areas and open spaces to benefit everyone in the city 1) Initiate a process of having the mayor and council members talk to 10 to 15 citizens before each council meeting to receive feedback and allow input 2) Improve options and opportunities for volunteers to give quality service to the city The grant wouldn't go far but we need to create a safe environment for our young people One way is to get sidewalks and bike trails to the elementary school and parks Install more street lights and develop Neighborhood Watch programs Listening to the citizens helping them find equitable solutions No one person has all of pro-activ- working relationship between citelectedappointed officials and city employees with an emphasis on strengthening customer service izens At this time I feel the city sonnel do a good job per- fice: Served two previous terms and had one unsuccessful try for city council B Date of birth: April 23 1951 7 B Phone number B Occupation: Director of support services DATC t ii would use the $20000 policy in city government used tractor building inspector I I I I grant to help establish a community center for recreation and community development for the young people and the senior citizens This is important due to an existing need in South Weber this skill for more than 35 years working for the federal government member of the South Weber Planning Commission B Experience in elected office: Ran in 1993 for South Weber mayor B Date of birth: Jan 31 1 954 B Phone number 479-52- 1 3 B Occupation: Roofing con: Community growth and budgeting The solution is to manage the growth driving the expansion based on the master plan instead of the market g and group facilitation Bob Flinders Public safety The city con- tracts with Davis County and has limited service With the growth of the city this service needs to be improved Sidewalks need to be extended in many areas state employee fund-raisin- safety problem for children going to the elementary school We need to extend the sidewalks along South Weber Drive 1900 East and Lester Street a community of- B Date of birth: Oct 13 1937 B Phone number 479029 B Occupation: Retired federal Strategic planning long-rang- Organize council of citizens from various areas of the community and other committees to provide input to the city council Sunday November 5 1995 atmosphere for integrated in- volvement by all citizens to solve the problem Keeping South Weber rural working with the citizens in their desires on how they want to develop Design city ordinances to give them lots of options and ideas for their own individual properties the answers so everyone needs to speak out on their opinion and then everyone needs to listen so that workable solutions can be obtained j’ma'iiv7' Communication and under- standing citizens between mayor council and employees I sincerely believe that the vast majority of everyone involved with the city wants what's best for themselves their families and the community Together we can make it happen! Make city policies and paperwork easier and more accessible to the citizens Having council members be more effective by being prepared and knowledgeable of the agenda items and attend all council meetings r:r Ueuy ihuh il 1 I 'r U' |