Leonard Solfa Jr.: Candidate profile
Bio
Name: Leonard J. Solfa, Jr.
City: Batavia
Office sought: Alderman, Ward 2
Age: 70
Family: Spouse, three adult children, seven grandchildren
Occupation: Attorney
Education: L.L.M., J.D. M.A.T., B.A., B.A. Certified Mediator
Civic involvement: Previously ed with Batavia Youth Baseball Program for multiple years and offices
Previous elected offices held: None
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Issue questions
What are the most important issues facing your community and how do you intend to address them?
The main issue is funding for civic infrastructure improvements without overburdening the citizens of the community.
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
My past background in corporate management which entailed budgetary matters, governance board presentations and membership involvement and generation.
Describe your leadership style and explain how you think that will be effective in producing actions and decisions with your village board or city council.
My leadership style has always been one of developing and laying out a detailed program(s) for goals sought and defining those goals with reasoning to support the program(s). I am very progressive and forward thinking in my ideas and concepts for action.
How would you describe the condition of your community's budget, and what are the most important specific actions the town should take to assure providing the level of services people want?
Our budget appears to be facing future funding shortfalls with the anticipated improvement programs and. specifically, the loss of the Sam' s Club tax revenues.
What's one good idea you have to better the community that no one is talking about yet?
I would recommend a recruitment team be organized to prospect for corporate business location and possible relocation to Batavia by advocating the strengths of the community and the potential strong labor force in the Tri-Cities area. I would also like to see a published survey of our road conditions in the community with a long/short range plan for the improvement of the roads which appear to need work.