Patrick Carey: 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: LibertyvilleWebsite: PendingTwitter: N/AFacebook: Pat CareyOffice sought: Libertyville Village Board Age: 67Family: Spouse: Denise (deceased)Son: Ryan Patrick Carey (age 38)Daughter-in-law: Carolyn CareySon: Reid William Carey (age 36)Father: John Carey (deceased)Mother: Dorothy Carey (deceased)Brothers: John Jr. (deceased), Timothy and MichaelSisters: Margaret, Julia, Mary, Susan and MaureenOccupation: Independent ConsultantEducation: MS, National Lewis University - Management and Development of Human Resources.BS, Northwestern University, Organizational BehaviorCivic involvement: - Rotary (previous) Community Program Director - Haven of Lake County - Various Disabled Veterans' programs - Hospice volunteer - Illinois Special OlympicsElected offices held: #ERROR!Questions Answers What makes you the best candidate for the job?Previous 13+ years' experience as Police Chief in Libertyville, in a participative administration, and having worked to solve or alleviate many traffic issues, parking problems and other public safety concerns. Good contact base with both residents and business owners and operators.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.Just right! Libertyville has not enacted a local sales tax (and cannot as a non-home rule community), which results in sales taxes in Libertyville at lower rates than in neighboring municipalities.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?I rate police and fire services in Libertyville very high. Both Departments, with excellent leaders and staff, have clear future visions for staying modern in what are sometimes rapidly-changing environments.Where, if anywhere, could the current budget be trimmed, and conversely, are there areas the budget does not give enough money to?Libertyville is somewhat unique in that it includes a Parks Recreation Department. There is no local park district or park district taxing body. The single most crucial area for budget trimming is subsidy of the Libertyville Sports Complex, currently approximately $800,000 per year, and reduced from over $1 million per year previously. The large subsidy needs to be eliminated and certain efforts to accomplish that are underway.What is one good idea you have to better the community that no one is talking about yet?Informal neighborhood meetings, with a Village representative (Trustee or Department Head) to learn about and work on the most important resident concerns, and to serve as advisory to the more formal Village Board and Commissions' meetings which tend to have full agendas.What other issues, if any, are important to you as a candidate for this office?Maintenance of the downtown MainStreet area, to continue to develop as a destination, with a very high level of safety, appearance and future parking availability.Please name one current leader who most inspires you.Mary Barra, CEO of General MotorsWhat is the biggest lesson you learned at home growing up?How effective teamwork can be. In a large family, everyone pitches in to accomplish great things.If life gave you one do-over, what would you spend it on?If only! I would redo high school and make sure I won a scholarship to a prestigious university.What was your favorite subject in school and how did it help you in later life?Personnel Methods at Northwestern University. At that time I had no idea how important learning about hiring, promotion, training and career development would become.If you could give your children only one piece of advice, what would it be?Keep trying, no matter how much your efforts might seem like one step forward and two backward...you will get there!