Saline City Council Candidate Jim Roth

Jim Roth

Family

Wife Joan

Education

BS Kent State University, MA Eastern Michigan University, Leadership Development Program certificate The University of Michigan

Employment

Retired teacher from Saline Area Schools and Washtenaw Community College

Government Involvement

• Councilperson candidate 2010
• Cultural Arts Committee
• Election worker

Community Involvement

• Board member for both of Saline’s Sister Cities
• Coordinator of Saline’s Photography Club
• Past member of the Saline Celtic Festival Committee for nine years.
• Board member of Saline’s Historical Society
• Judge for the 4H Fair
• Member of the Harvest of the Arts, Summerfest, and Winterfest Committees
• Docent for the one room school
• President of the Ann Arbor Graphic Arts Memorial Foundation

Why are you running? 

I am running because I have always had an interest in being involved in our community and I will use my managerial experience to help the city make the tough choices that need to be made.

I grew up on a small farm in Ohio and learned from birth how to budget and make do with what you had to avoid debts. I completely financed my college education without any assistance. In my teaching career, I devise ways to extend the limited budgets to allow my students to have the needed materials for their projects. On council I will continue my conservative budgetary practice. 

I do not make political promises and will do my best to serve and listen to the citizens of Saline. I plan to give my all for the cause and to our community as I have done since I moved to Saline in 1967.

It is my hope that I can help Saline to remain “One of America’s Best Places to Live, Work, and Play” with the resources that are available.

What Are The Top 3 issues Facing The City And How Should Council Address Them?

1) Reduced funds and raising cost of operation
The city should establish a budget that is less than the amount of the total of all funding resources and not overspend.
2) Enforcing city ordinances.
Our present staff should be encouraged perform the necessary duty to enforce all ordinance fairly to all. Ordnances not enforced should be eliminated.
3) Maintaining and improving the cities infrastructure
The city government and its staff need to keep to its plan for maintaining, repairing and improving our city.

(This page will be updated as we publish the candidate's answers to the questions we posed.)