HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 02 and Item 03 Budget CommiteeAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 4/9/2018
Meeting Type: Regular Meeting
Department: Finance
Staff Contact: Paula Davis
S P R I N G F I E L D ECONOMIC Staff Phone No: 541-726-3698
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY Estimated Time: 20 Minutes/05 Minutes
ITEM TITLE: BUDGET COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS/APPOINTMENTS
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Conduct interviews for two vacancies on the Budget Committee.
Appoint Tina Patel as the SEDA Glenwood representative of the SEDA Budget Committee and Steve Moe as the SEDA Downtown representative of the SEDA Budget Committee.
ISSUE STATEMENT: Applicants are being sought to represent SEDA Glenwood and SEDA Downtown
where former committee members’ termed expired or have resigned. The
recruitment for these vacancies opened on January 10, 2018 and closed on February 2, 2018. No candidates applied and recruitment was reopened and closed on March
2, 2018. The appointee for both SEDA Glenwood and SEDA Downtown will serve
a three year term that will expire on December 31, 2020.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1 – Interview Questions Attachment 2 – SEDA Glenwood Tina Patel Application Attachment 3 – SEDA Downtown Steve Mo Application
DISCUSSION/ FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The Springfield Economic Development Agency is requested to interview two
applicants. Councilors may use any of the questions off the sample list or provide
one of their own but should be consistent with their questions for all candidates. After interview and during regular session appoint Budget Committee members for
SEDA Glenwood and SEDA Downtown. The City’s charge for the Budget Committee states an equal number of agency
members and citizens is required (Citizen members may not be officers, agents or employees of the City, per ORS 294.336(4)).
Attachment 1 Page 1 of 1
Budget Committee Interview
Schedule
5:30pm Council preparation of interview questions
5:35pm Interview of Tina Patel, SEDA Glenwood
5:40pm Interview of Steve Mo, SEDA Downtown
5:45pm Council deliberation
Questions
1. Why are you interested in serving on/continuing to serve on the SEDA 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 SEDA.
4. While all SEDA projects seem to have strong support from different areas of
the community, it is often necessary to prioritize projects for budgetary
reasons. How would you go about the task of establishing priorities among projects?
5. Often times the members of the SEDA Budget Committee have different
opinions on how 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?
ATT 2 T. Patel Application Page 1 of 2
ATT 2 T. Patel Application Page 2 of 2
ATT 3 S. Moe ApplicationPage 1 of 2
ATT 3 S. Moe ApplicationPage 2 of 2