League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 6, 2007 Election
	Kenneth O. "Ken" Born Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Madeira

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Questions & Answers

1. What are your qualifications for office? (50 word limit)

Current member - Madeira City Council, Chairs the Administration Personnel subcommittee, member - Budget and Finance, and the Recreation Parks Committees. Past member - Madeira Parks and Recreation Board. Education: Bachelors from Purdue University, Masters from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, and MBA from Xavier. Work Experience + 18 years GE Aviation.

2. What plans do you have to address your top three priorities? (100 word limit)

Economic Development + I have worked with council to put into motion a plan that creates and encourages greater development in our downtown area through zoning changes and potential use of TIF funding. Improve Infrastructure - Madeira is facing a number of large infrastructure demands and we must budget properly and take full advantage of a number of matching grants to keep the road and sidewalk projects within the scope of our budget. Maintain Basic Services + focus on safety by maintaining full staffing with the police and fire departments + continue investing in our parks + keep trash, limb/brush, and leaf collection.

3. State three actions that you recommend to promote regional cooperation, and explain how you would implement each action? (150 word limit)

Being involved in the First Suburbs Consortium is an excellent forum to cooperate with other communities in the area to address and share lessons learned from similar experiences. Benchmarking other communities or examining legislation already enacted are specific ways to improve the efficiency of government. Madeira and Indian Hills created a joint fire district a number of years ago and has been very successful. Our current council and administration are constantly keeping watch for similar opportunities to provide an efficient means of solving a problem. Madeira recently has had a good track record of the city leaders, business leaders from the city's Chamber of Commerce, and School officials of working together and maintaining an open dialog focusing on taking Madeira forward into the future successfully.

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