COUNTY GOVERNMENT

1. What are County Government's strengths and weaknesses? How would you enhance the strengths and address the weaknesses?

2. Are you in favor of restructuring County Government and/or hiring a County manager?

3. Do you feel the County has additional space needs and if so how would you address them?

4. How would you go about selecting from a pool of applicants to serve on various boards and commissions?

5. What is your long range vision for Johnson County?

LAND USE/ENVIRONMENT

6. What criteria would you use in making land use decisions? On what basis would you make decisions concerning road improvements, maintenance, construction and roadside weed eradication?

7. What do you think should be the County's role in protecting the environment?

8. Describe your approach to balancing economic and business interests with interests in the health and well-being of citizens, and environmental concerns.

9. What is your opinion of the Johnson County Comprehensive Land Use Plan?

TAXES/BUDGET

10. What do you know about, and what is your opinion regarding the impact and incidence of Johnson County taxes?

11. How do you weigh requests for spending which require tax dollars versus increasing taxes?

12. What, if anything, should be done about the nature of County tax options?

13. Are you in favor of implementing a local option sales tax? If so, for what use?

14. Do you have any experience putting budgets together? How do you feel about performance based budgeting?

APPOINTMENT VERSUS ELECTION

15. If you are appointed and an election is called, will you seek your party's nomination? Will you run for reelection if appointed? If you are not appointed, would you petition or would you run as the nominee in an election that was petitioned for?

16. Do you have any questions of the Board Appointment Committee?

Two minute closing statement.