League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Mark J. Quarry Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Silverton

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?

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.