League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Walter T. St Clair Answers Questions Candidate for Auditor; City of Saint Bernard

The questions were prepared by the LWV Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.

Read the answers from all candidates.

Questions & Answers

1. How would you implement your top priority?

Appropriate software and training is in place. Employee data, including all types of earnings and deductions, are being input. Trial runs will be done in the next few weeks. W-2 information and retirement reports are being coordinated with our software providers. Working with our bank to purchase software for electronic funds transfers to employees and taxing authorities.

2. Numerous important issues including transportation, land use planning, housing and economic development for the Greater Hamilton County regions are being deliberated by OKI's Land Use Commission and Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission and Planning Partnership COMPASS; how engaged should local government be in these planning activities? If elected, how would you participate in these planning activities?

Yes, we need to be involved in these planning activities. Currently we have an 8.5 acre site that needs to be developed. As Treasurer of the City's Community Improvement Corporation (C.I.C.), we have listened to local businesses and are developing criteria to send to developers to have them provide proposals.

3. Ohio Department of Natural Resources in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Recycling Coalition conducted a state-specific study and found recycling businesses in Ohio generated $650.6 million dollars in state government revenue. If elected how would you promote recycling and support recycling programs currently in place in your community to reduce solid waste generation?

Our City is very proud of the recycling efforts of our citizens. I would support more promotional and informational efforts to increase our participation in such a worthwhile program.