Bob Bednar: Candidate Profile

Note: Answers provided have not been edited for grammar, misspellings or typos. In some instances, candidate claims that could not be immediately verified have been omitted. Jump to:BioKey IssuesQA Bio City: MundeleinWebsite: Candidate did not respond.Office sought: Lake Recorder of DeedsAge: 55Family: Married, wife is Jo Ann, 22 years. 1 daughter, Emily, off at Carthage College on a music scholarship.Occupation: Insurance Agent. Previously worked in Mortgage for 22 years. First job right out of college, I was a Bank Controller for 10 years.Education: Accounting degree from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. Completed CFP classes at Northwestern. Also acquired CIAO-I designation in Property Assessment.Civic involvement: Treasurer for Lake County GOP.Elected offices held: Elected Commissionner to the Lake Bluff Park Board for a two year term in 2003.Have you ever been arrested for or convicted of a crime? If yes, please explain: No.Candidate's Key Issues Key Issue 1 Reduce the expense and size of the office to better serve the taxpayers.Key Issue 2 Eliminate the waste and overhead of running the office by merging it into the County Clerk's office.Key Issue 3 Continue looking for new ways to reduce government spending through new economies of scale and by eliminating waste.Questions Answers What steps would you take to better communicate the services the office has to offer to the public?Hold seminars in all 18 Townships throughout Lake County.Are there existing services in the office you want to expand? Be specific.Yes.Expand the use of technology where it is cost efficient.Are there new services you would like to provide? What are they?Yes.Greater use of online accessability.How would you fund any expansions or new services'Services will not be increased unless there are savings in other areas to fund.Do you believe any changes are necessary in the recorder's website so interested parties can more easily look up property information? Please explain.Yes.The current technology is behind the times.We need to study what other Counties have done and follow the cost efficient ones.Wht reinvent the wheel when other Counties have already done it.