Bill Burgess

Republican Board of Selectmen Litchfield

76 Incumbent: No Current job: SelfEmployed Education: Dwight Morrow High School, Englewood, N.J.; The Pennsylvania State University; Master of Business Administration The most important issue in this

election: Goals — Fresh Perspectives Toward Greater Community

1. Develop a plan to work on reducing Litchfield’s governing cost structure and simplify operations.

2. Work collaboratively with Litchfield’s communities to address key issues and concerns; namely: Future Town Hall needs; Bantam annex property land use; and Sustainability of the critically important Bantam Lake resource.

3. Engage in active support of collaborative development of cooperative K12 education policies and initiatives with RSD6.

4. Seek productive connections of Litchfield businesses and entrepreneurs with regional economic development initiatives, aimed at developing complementary innovations in a rural setting.

5. Continue resourceful infrastructure investment and environmental protection to enhance safety and quality of life.

6. Establish an improved continuous-communication framework for productive interaction and accelerated outcomes among Town boards / commissions. Other issues:

Principles – Getting along > Better Together; Accountable Leadership | Trust must be earned; Fiscal disciplines | Reasonable taxes and spending; Communitybased empowerment and selfreliance; Transparency | Respect and equity; Manageable economic development | JOBS; Sustainability | Protect our environment; Community First | Safety and community pride

Family: Married (Joan) with two grown and married children Previous elected offices, community group affiliations: Chair, Litchfield Board of Finance (current); Planning & Zoning Commission (200711); Economic Development Commission and Conservation Commission (20052007); Board Member, Northwest CT Economic Development Corporation (current); Immediate Past Chair and current board member, Naugatuck Valley Community College Foundation; President, Partners for Sustainable Healthy Communities, Inc. (501c3 public charity).

Campaign website: http:// www.litchfieldrepublicans.com/