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of 2020?:coordinate our efforts. As all our disease suppression strategies require <br />widespread public buy-in and cooperation, effective communication with <br />New Brighton’s residents is crucial. This is an area where I think the <br />Council will be crucial in the next eight months and I would work <br />towards being an effective contributor. <br />The Council <br />enjoys great <br />working <br />relationships with <br />one another. How <br />will you ensure <br />you work to <br />continue those <br />good working <br />relationships with <br />other <br />councilmembers?: <br />I am confident that I will be able to work cordially and productively with <br />other council members if appointed. I think there are two keys to building <br />good working relationships. First, is the crucial requirement to treat <br />others like one would like to be treated. I will strive to be polite, <br />respectful, and generous in my evaluation of others motives and <br />intentions. Second, is to remember that diverse groups of people with <br />differing views and perspectives come to better decisions than monolithic <br />groups. I personally enjoy working with groups where there is diversity <br />of views, because I believe it brings out the best in all of us. Therefore, I <br />will always seek to remember that disagreements and disputes between <br />myself and others on the Council are not bad but are part of the process <br />of coming to better collective decisions. I will attempt to express my <br />views in the same light. <br />What skills and <br />interests do you <br />have that would <br />make you an <br />effective <br />councilmember?: <br />I am a trained and licensed attorney and have relevant legal knowledge <br />and strong analytical skills. In my current job I successfully hold multiple <br />hearings every day. While an administrative hearing is different from a <br />council meeting, I believe the skills I have developed will carry over to <br />the council meeting format. In my current job, I must arrive at the facts of <br />any case by examining documentary evidence and asking questions of <br />those involved. I think this will help me be an effective consumer of the <br />written materials that are in every council meeting packet and gathering <br />the needed information from others to discharge the duties of the city <br />council. My job also requires me to listen to the differing views of the <br />employer and employee and make decisions based on the data and the <br />law. I imagine the Council will often have to make decisions when <br />multiple groups of people are presenting different views and information. <br />I have effectively worked at trying to establish and maintain a balanced <br />budget on the St. John the Baptist Finance Commission. I am <br />comfortable working with numbers and making difficult trade-offs and <br />decisions in that process. <br />Please confirm <br />you are legally <br />eligible to hold <br />public office in <br />New Brighton by <br />answering the <br />following <br />questions:: <br />Are you a U.S. <br />Citizen?:Yes <br />Are you 21 years <br />of age or older?:Yes <br />Are you a