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QUESTIONNAIRE: Lake Placid mayoral candidate Art Devlin

Art Devlin (Photo provided)

Occupation: Motel owner

Position sought: Mayor

Why are you running for this position?

– Because I care deeply about the village I was born and raised in

– To continue the work that we have put in place for the last 12 years

– To see the Main Street, water plant, World University Games and other projects that the village has in the works brought to a successful conclusion

What are your qualifications?

– My 40-plus years in business with 28 of those years as owner and operator of the Olympic Motor Inn

– The past 12 years on the village board with the last eight years of which being deputy mayor

– My bachelor’s degree in business management from SUNY Plattsburgh

– My 23 years of service to volunteer organizations such as Mercy Care for the Adirondacks and the Lake Placid Ecumenical Food Pantry

What are your main goals?

– Continue to spend every tax dollar wisely and stay within the governors tax cap

– Retain our highly qualified department heads and their support personnel, both paid and volunteer

– Continue to keep our infrastructures and equipment up to date

– Maintain our village services

– Continue the fight to retain village residents living here and make it possible for those wishing to live here, to do so

– Continue to make the village government more transparent

What do you think are the three biggest problems in the village, and how do you propose solving them?

1. Workforce/affordable housing: Through continued work with the land code, review board and vacation rental permit process; to monitor and observe the three new housing projects to make sure we derive the maximum benefit for both village and town.

2. Maintaining a balanced budget while retaining our qualified workforce and our plant and equipment while staying within the governors tax cap. Spend all tax dollars wisely and continue to look for more government efficiencies and shared services. Continue to treat all Village employees fairly and continue the floating preventative maintenance program and reserve funding for major equipment purchases.

3. To make sure that future growth is a good fit for the people of Lake Placid. Work closely with the Lake Placid/North Elba Community Development Commission and comprehensive plan. Work with the destination management plan spearheaded by the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism. Continue to refine the vacation rental permit to ensure that vacation rentals are good neighbors and not a problem. Work with mobility grant to address public transportation, sidewalks and bike lanes.

Other comments:

For the past 29 years at the “Olympic Motor Inn,” my style of leadership has been to seek out as many opinions and ideas as I can and then work as a team to get the desired results. I am also a delegator and like to bring as many people to the task as I can. It not only makes for a better job but it also helps to train the next generation of workers. If elected mayor, this is the style of leadership I will bring to the village.

I would like the voters to know that for the past 12 years I’ve done everything asked of me and more as a trustee and deputy mayor.

If elected mayor, I fully understand that I will be putting in more time. For those of you that know me, I give 100% to everything and take pride in the work that I do. The bottom line is that I will put in the time it takes to get the job done. I am fully aware that I will be spending a lot more time here in the winter.

Starting at $1.44/week.

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