HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 01 Budget Committee Interviews AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 2/18/2014
Meeting Type: Work Session
Staff Contact/Dept.: Bob Duey/Finance Staff Phone No: 541-726-3640
Estimated Time: 20 Minutes
S P R I N G F I E L D C I T Y C O U N C I L Council Goals: Provide Financially Responsible and
Innovative Government Services
ITEM TITLE: BUDGET COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Conduct interviews for two vacancies on the Budget Committee.
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
Applicants are being sought to represent Wards 3 and 4 where former committee members resigned. The recruitment for this vacancy opened on January 28, 2014
and closed on February 7, 2014. Two candidates applied for Ward 3 and one
applied for Ward 4. The appointee for both Ward 3 and Ward 4 will serve a one year term that will expire on December 31, 2014.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1 – Interview Questions Attachment 2 – Ward 3 Michael Herron Application Attachment 3 – Ward 3 Jeff Thompson Application
Attachment 4 – Ward 4 Gabrielle Guidero Application
DISCUSSION/ FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
The Council is requested to interview three applicants. Both of these ward
positions had unsuccessfully advertised for candidates previously. Applications were taken past the advertised deadline due to inclement weather.
Budget Committee appointments are scheduled to be ratified at the Regular Session
Meeting on March 3, 2014.
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Budget Committee Interview Questions
1. Why are you interested in serving on the Budget Committee?
2. Describe your professional and personal experience as it relates to your
desire to become a committee member.
3. Describe your familiarity with the City’s budget.
4. What would be some of the ways you would look to control costs and still be
responsive to the service expectations of our citizens?
5. Often times the members of the Budget Committee have different opinions on how the citizens’ money should be spent. What is your experience with
working as a member of a diverse group and helping to ensure that all
opinions are heard and considered?
6. One of the purposes of the Budget Committee is to get the citizens of Springfield involved in setting priorities for the City. Do you have any
suggestions on how the City could raise the interest of your friends or co-
workers in City government?
7. The City has a very large financial investment in its infrastructure such as
streets, sanitary sewer and buildings that need to be maintained. In these
economic times, do you think it would be better for the citizens to defer the
maintenance until a later time resulting in more expensive repairs or ask
citizens to approve a bond issue and perform the maintenance now; pay less per year but over a longer period of time.
Information Request (not a question)
8. The Budget Committee meets on Tuesdays in April and May, generally for a
total of four or five meetings. The meetings start at 5:30 or 6:00 and usually last three hours. There is occasionally a mid-year meeting in December or
January. Will you be able to meet the time requirements of the Committee?
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