7/27/2019 Matthew G. Schulz for Kirtland City Council
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The News-Herald Date questionnaire completed:
__9/23/2013_Election Questionnaire Office sought: _Kirtland City,
Council atLarge
Political party: _Kirtland City Council race is
non-partisan____________________________Name: _Matthew
G.Schulz_____________________________________________________________________Age:
_42______ Date of birth: __05/20/1971______ Place of birth:
_Cleveland,Ohio__________Home address: _10664 Chillicothe
Road__________________________________________Length of residence
in that community: _10+ years__________
Twitter:_____________________acebook: ____________________ Campaign
Web site: ___________________________________
Occupation: _Transportation Engineer, Project Manager Employer:
_ Ohio Department ofTransportation
Business address: _5500 Transportation Blvd. Garfield,
Ohio_______________________________Elected office experience:
_______________________________________________________________1 -
4 year term as Kirtland City, Council at Large 12/1/2009-
Present________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Non-elected office experience (boards, etc.):
_______________________________________________Served as Deacon and
Deacon Treasurer for 6 years at Kirtland Christian
Fellowship_Adjunct Professor at Lakeland Community College
Engineering
Technology__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Education (Please only list schools youve graduated from and
list degrees if applicable):_Bachelors of Science in Civil
Engineering University of Akron,
1996______________________________Certificate in Surveying
Technology University of Akron,
2004__________________________Licensed Professional Engineer in the
State of
Ohio_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Marital status: _Married_________________ Name of spouse:
__Katarina Schulz___________Name and age of any children: _Hannah
(16), Sarah (12), Aaron (9), Isabella (8) all in
Kirtland
Schools_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Organizations:
_______________________________________________________________________Kirtland
Boosters_____________________________________________________________________Kirtland
PTA_________________________________________________________________________Kirtland
Cub Scouts__________________________________________________
__Former Kirtland Rec. Baseball Coach___________________
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7/27/2019 Matthew G. Schulz for Kirtland City Council
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Should you be elected, what are three specific areas youd like
to change, address, improveor further research, and how
specifically would you go about it?:
1. . Due to the success and popularity of our growing school
district, sporting programs andfter school activities, pedestrian
traffic from overflow parking at the shopping center has
ncreased. As a licensed professional engineer I will pursue
funding for a safety study topotentially implement a mid-block
pedestrian crosswalk in the vicinity of the high schoolootball
stadium.___________________________________________________________________________________
2. Work alongside stakeholders on a plan to safely and
effectively continue to improve theCitys recreation park behind the
school campus. Pursue funding in the 2014 budget for aomprehensive
planning study regarding the Citys Chardon Road park property
28+acres). Request that Council and the Administration pursue
three grants I identified toid in the construction costs. The first
being the Land and Water Conservation Fund, theRecreational Trails
Program and the Clean Ohio Trail
Fund.__________________________________________________________________________________
3. With the sanitary sewer project complete pursue economic
development in the HistoricTown District and work with stakeholders
for affordable senior
housing.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Whether for past accomplishments or future goals, why should
voters elect you?
ask for my fellow citizens vote and trust for a second term
because of my knowledge and
background as a Transportation Engineer at the Ohio Department
of Transportation. Withlat revenues, state funding cuts to our
local government fund and ever increasingnflationary costs on the
city, my expertise in the field of roadway engineering and
plandevelopment is an invaluable asset to the city. I will continue
to bring the State of Ohiosbest management practices (BMPs) all
while continually identifying grant funding sourcesor Council and
the Administration to
consider.___________________________________________________________________________________
Past Term Accomplishments:Council as a whole has approved yearly
operating budgets that have been responsible andprudent. The citys
bond rating is top tier which allows us to borrow money at
veryavorable rates. Over the last 4 years Council has overseen the
retirement of several debt
notes and saved the city interest charges by refinancing
existing debt notes at rates as lows 1%! Council has been an
excellent steward of YOUR taxpayer dollars.
City infrastructure projects completed during my term include
the sanitary sewer projecthru the Historic Town District, Tibbetts
Road paving and drainage improvements, Sperry
Road and (SR 6) Chardon Road intersection improvements, SR 306
widening/resurfacingnd signalization improvements near Lakeland
Community College. (SR 6) Chardon Roadesurfacing and drainage
improvements, additional parking at the recreation park behindhe
school campus and a new waste water treatment plant at the
Community Center.
Taxpayer saving efficiencies gained in my term include: 2011
City entered into Health
nsurance Regionalization Program for city employee health
benefits savings. In 2012
