JAMES CECILLE: 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: STREAMWOODWebsite: Candidate did not respond.Office sought: Streamwood Village Board Age: 71Family: WIFE/ MARYANN SON/ MICHAEL DAUGHTER/ VALERIEOccupation: RETIREDEducation: HIGH SCHOOL SOME COLLEGE COURSES/ACCOUNTING,AIR CONDITIONING,ENGLISH, AUTOMOTIVE, GENERAL MOTORS.Civic involvement: COMMANDER, GAURDIAN POST 277, STREAMWOOD.HANOVER TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY, POPPY DAY FUND RAISER.Elected offices held: VILLAGE TRUSTEEQuestions Answers What makes you the best candidate for the job?28YRS.experience as a Village Trustee. Involved with local organizations ie, Amvets,Township,Kiwansis club,Moose club. Various commissions,zoning,blood, community development,public safety. etc.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.With our current budget we are not projecting any increases in our sales or property taxes. In fact, we reduced the property tax rate by .05%.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?We are in a good place with our Safety Departments. We continue to upgrade our facilities and technology as necessary. We recently reopened Fire Station 33 to enhance safety while lowering response times.Where, if anywhere, could the current budget be trimmed, and conversely, are there areas the budget does not give enough money to?We do workshops each year to look at ways we can contiinue to live within our means. We allocate funds for Capital Improvements and equipment replacement as necessary. Our road replacement program is one of the best in the northwest suburbs.What's one good idea you have to better the community that no one is talking about yet?Would like to see more Community involvement. Ways to have the community input their concerns/suggestions to the Village Board. Breakfast Meetings or Coffee with the Board, etc.What other issues, if any, are important to you as a candidate for this office?To continue to be open and available to the residents of our community.Please name one current leader who most inspires you.Candidate did not respond.What's the biggest lesson you learned at home growing up?Candidate did not respond.If life gave you one do-over, what would you spend it on?Candidate did not respond.What was your favorite subject in school and how did it help you in later life?Candidate did not respond.If you could give your children only one piece of advice, what would it be?Candidate did not respond.