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The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.
See below for questions on
Top Priority,
Planning,
Recycling
Click on a name for other candidate information. See also more information about this contest.
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1. How would you implement your top priority?
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Answer from John A. Smith:
Ask all of our citizens to continue to work together as they are doing now to make Silverton safe. Work with local developers to help improve our business district, plus continue to work with different agencies to repair our streets, water drains, and sewers. Ask citizens and business people to continue to work to make Silverton the best city it can become.
Answer from Mark J. Quarry:
Continue to resurface streets as quick as fiscally prudent. Pursue and obtain all available grants, minimizing the City of Silverton's financial burden. Implement new standard of street maintenance in order to preserve and extend the "shelf-life" of repaved streets.
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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?
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Answer from Mark J. Quarry:
Local governments should be actively engaged in these important planning activities for the Greater Hamilton County Region.
If re-elected to Silverton City Council, as I have done previously, I will again represent the interests of Silverton in these forums.
I currently serve on the Oversight Board of The Hamilton County Storm Water District.
Answer from John A. Smith:
We need to have 100% input in the area. Some of our citizens are also involved in this. I am currently involved with COMPASS when time permits me to attend the meetings.
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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?
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Answer from Mark J. Quarry:
If re-elected to Silverton City Council, I will continue to champion recycling efforts in our community.
I will remind Silverton residents that they may participate in curb-side recycling for a nominal fee.
Additionally, I will propose curb-side recycling and other recycling options be part of our next Bid Process for the Silverton Waste Removal Program.
Answer from John A. Smith:
A lot of our citizens are recycling now. Ask the citizens to continue and try to get other citizens to start.
Responses to questions asked of each candidate
are reproduced as submitted to the League.
Candidates' statements are presented as submitted. The answers will not exceed 75 words. Direct references to opponents are not permitted.
The order of the candidates is random and changes daily.
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