League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 5, 2013 Election
	Diana J. Herbe Answers Questions Candidate for Member Council at Large; City of Forest Park

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Questions & Answers

1. What are your qualifications for office?

I have served on Council for 8 Years. During that time I have been a member of most committees of council and served as liaisons to most commissions of the city. I currently serve as Chair of the Ways and Means Committee and serve as liaison to the Economic Development Committee, the Civil Service Commission, the Environmental Awareness Board, and the Tax Incentive Review Committee. I possess a Juris Doctor law degree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law.

2. What services do you believe should be considered basic and essential for the City?

The primary issue currently is fiscal stability. It drives everything within the city -- maintaining services like police protection and fire safety and paramedic services, maintenance of roads, economic incentives to retain and recruit business in the city, and more.

3. How would you balance the City Budget?

The city must match expenditures to anticipated revenues. For the past several years we have worked hard to maintain a structurally balanced budget. But the city is reaching a point where expenditures are exceeding revenues. We have a choice to either reduce services or seek additional revenues. A choice will have to be made soon about which path we will take. We on Council are currently in discussion about how to address this issue.

4. Citizen engagement is important to the health of local government. In what ways do you support citizen engagement?

The Charter of the City of Forest Park calls for citizen engagement on commissions which meet to advise Council on a variety of areas of city government. We actively work to recruit citizens to fill vacancies on those commissions. By law, council meetings, work sessions, committee meetings and commission meetings are all open to the public and citizens are welcome to attend any of those meetings.

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