HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 02 SEDA Budget Committee Interview_AppointmentAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 3/25/2019
Meeting Type: Regular Meeting
Department: Finance
Staff Contact: Neil Obringer
S P R I N G F I E L D ECONOMIC Staff Phone No: 541-736-1032
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY Estimated Time: 20 Minutes
ITEM TITLE:
BUDGET COMMITTEE INTERVIEW/APPOINTMENT
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Conduct interview for one vacancy on the Budget Committee.
Appoint Jeff Thompson as the SEDA Downtown representative on the SEDA
Budget Committee.
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
Applicants are being sought to represent Downtown on the SEDA Budget
Committee after the incumbent was elected to the City Council. The recruitment
for this vacancy opened on January 18, 2019 and closed on February 15, 2019. One
candidate applied for this vacancy. The appointee will serve a three year term that
will expire on December 31, 2021.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1 – Interview Questions
Attachment 2 – Jeff Thompson Application
DISCUSSION/
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
The SEDA Board is requested to interview one applicant. The Board 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.
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Budget Committee Interview Questions
1. Why are you interested in serving on/continuing to serve on the Budget Committee ?
2. Describe your professional and personal experience as it relates to your desire to
become a Budget Committee Member.
3. Describe your familiarity with the City’s budget.
4. While all of the Springfield services seem to have strong support from different areas of
the community, it is often necessary to prioritize services for budgetary reasons. How
would you go about the task of establishing priorities among services?
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. If you were on the Budget Committee and were looking at one of the City’s services to
decide how much should be funded through general taxes and how much through
specific fees on customers, what questions would you want to have answered in order
to make your decision?
7. How do you think the work of the Budget Committee will improve our community?
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