Applicant Questionnaire
Applicant Questionnaire
Background
Maximum 150 word response per question. Use additional pages if needed.
How many years have you lived in Shaker Heights?If selected, do you intend to stand for election in November 2018?
No / YesIf elected in 2018 do you intend to stand for election for a full, four-year term in November 2019?
No / YesIn the past five years have you, your family, or your business, had any direct or indirect financial interest in any contract of the City of Shaker Heights, including a contract for the purchase of any products, goods or services by the City?
No / YesIf you answered yes, please explain:
Are you in arrears on anyShaker Heightsproperty and/or income taxes for which you are responsible?
No / YesIf you become mayor will you have outside work obligations in addition to serving as mayor?
No / YesIf so, please describe the obligations and how much time they will take.
Questions
Maximum 250 word response per question. Use additional pages if needed.
Describe your leadership style and how that would apply to the City’s professional staff and to City Council.
What would be your top three priorities as mayor?
Identify the City’s most significant financial challenges and discuss how you would address each challenge.
The City has identified significant long-term costs for repairing/replacing our infrastructure. How would you prioritize these costs vis-à-vis other financial priorities and to what extent would you finance them through debt, cash reserves and/or the general fund?
In looking at our most recently passed budget do you agree with the spending priorities City Council adopted?
No / YesWhat changes would you recommend in future budgets?
What ideas do you have for collaboration with the county and other cities and how would you go about implementing them?
How would you increase residents’ engagement in city government and in our community as a whole?
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