Wayne Domke: Candidate Profile

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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:BioQA Bio City: RoselleWebsite: Candidate did not respond.Office sought: Roselle Village Board Age: 66Family: wife Joan, son Brian, daughter RebeccaOccupation: Technical Production ManagerEducation: highest level EMBA - Lake Forest Graduate SchoolCivic involvement: Roselle Sister City Roselle Garden Club Chicagoland Christian Sports Conference-SecretaryElected offices held: Village Trustee-present Park District Commissioner 1999-2011Questions Answers What makes you the best candidate for the job?I have served since 1999 in the Village of Roselle and lately served a four year "apprenticeship" if you will learning how a Village has to operate to maintain and how a Village needs to operate to grow. I believe my next four years will be accomplishing many things moving forward.What is your opinion of your community's present level of local sales and property taxes? Is the tax just right, too low or too high? Explain.The tax is just right for our residents but the State can help Village's out by either funding their mandate's or reducing them. We struggle to keep up with all the fixed costs of regulations and State created pension debt.Rate the efficiency of your town's police and fire coverage. Are the departments well prepared for the next decade? What, if anything, should be changed? Do you have specific public safety concerns?Our Police and Fire Protection is excellent and with limited resource we have done extremely well to negotiate Union contracts to manageable proportions.Where, if anywhere, could the current budget be trimmed, and conversely, are there areas the budget does not give enough money to?The pensions will eventually need to be looked at from the State level. We have initiated a two tier system that cuts Village costs but we cannot hold back the pension crisis forever. Eventually their must be compromise such as a 401KWhat's one good idea you have to better the community that no one is talking about yet?Getting cameras on all Police Officers when they go out on patrol. In light of current litigation and claims, I want our Police to have proof of proper conduct.What other issues, if any, are important to you as a candidate for this office?Economic development in the Nerge/Roselle Road district as well as the Irving Park corridor west of Roselle Road. Increasing the marketing of the Village by the new initiative of having a Community Development position permanently.Please name one current leader who most inspires you.Rahm EmanuelWhat's the biggest lesson you learned at home growing up?A place for everything and everything in it's place. Also, it is better to be an hour early than a minute late.If life gave you one do-over, what would you spend it on?Getting involved in serving the public sooner. I truly love being relevant to making things happen and listening to people who expect me to perform.What was your favorite subject in school and how did it help you in later life?History and geography. Those two serve me well in knowing more about my country and it's topography. Vacations are more fun too!If you could give your children only one piece of advice, what would it be?Focus on what you want to become and go after it doggedly. No ceiling is too high!