As a public servant for the past 12 years as Village Trustee I have work I still want to complete. I'm running for re-election as a Village Trustee to be able to accomplish more.
I have been working on the Algonquin Downtown revitalization since 2012 and now that we are in the stages of construction - with a positive end in site - I'd like to complete my next step in creating programs/events to bring even more people to our downtown to encourage even more businesses to locate there and do my best to help ensure their success. As a conservative accountant, I have been an advocate for balanced budgets and will continue to forge ahead in that area. I will continue to make sure the residents don't pay more than they have to for services - including getting Groot to reduce their prices for the next contract. We now have 15% savings on our garbage stickers and containers while still providing the quality service and extras that the village uses garbage pickup for. With respect to the environment, I have supported all the accomplishments staff has done with best practices. Now I'd like to focus on our homeowners associations that do not utilize best practices and get them to work to create a better environment for all the open areas in the neighborhoods our residents live in. As a Village Trustee I've supported the changes to the retention areas to go with native plantings to protect the ground water, reduce water runoff and most importantly saving taxpayer money with no more grass cutting in these areas. |