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Election
Your name as listed on the ballot: Bill Burgess
Age: 64
City/town of residence: Salem, Oregon
Position you are seeking (name of position, district number, etc.): Marion
County Clerk
Are you currently a full-time resident within the boundaries of the specific
area (ward, district, county, etc.) that you seek to represent? Yes, I am a fulltime Marion County Resident residing in Salem, Oregon.
Number of current, consecutive years living within the district you seek to
represent: 36 years.
Family (name of spouse/partner, number and ages of children if at home or
number of grown children): Cindy Burgess and two grown children, one still
at home.
Your education (high school, trade, college, post-baccalaureate; indicate any
degrees you earned): Sunny Hills High School graduate; Fullerton Junior
College, A.A.; Oregon State University, BS-Pharmacy; Lewis & Clark College,
MPA. (also Certified Election Registrar Administrator, (CERA) graduate
through the Election Center and Auburn University 2014).
If employed, current occupation, employer and job duties:
Marion County Clerk
Previous employers and when:
Oregon Pharmacy Services and PRN from about 1980 though about 2012
Oregon State Hospital, pharmacist 2000-2004
Quisenberry Pharmacy pharmacist 1996-2000
Bi-Mart Pharmacy Manager, Salem 1979-1993
Bi-Mart and Tiffany Pharmacies in Eugene/Springfield 1976-1979
Military service and when:
Volunteer/civic/religious service and when:
Finance Committee Chair, Morningside United Methodist Church 2015 present.
2. What are the positives and negatives of this region (ward, district, county
or state) that you wish to represent? As an election official I see a higher
voter participation than national rates a positive, though it is not as good as
it should be. Conversely, Marion County has a higher percentage of eligible
to vote, but unregistered adults than many other Oregon counties.
3. What specific skills and experiences do you bring to the position,
especially ones that would help turn those negatives into positives? I have
eleven years of leadership experience as Marion County Clerk in enhancing
efficiency, accuracy and delivering great customer service in administering
elections (over 40 elections) and our licensing and recording operation.
Inquisitiveness, tenacity, communication skills and a commitment to
excellence have helped me deliver on improvements such as a better vote
tally system, 24/7 ballot drop sites, electronic submission of land records for
recording, digitizing 1.5 million images, and recording and marriage license
process upgrades. I also use these skills in regularly encouraging people I
meet to register and to vote.
4. What separates you from your opponent(s)? Be specific. Experience and
education which have and continue to deliver operational improvements. I
am committed to continuous quality improvement and to personal growth.
5. Please list five specific accomplishments that you have achieved in politics
or civic affairs:
As County Clerk:
Upgraded vote tally system increasing accuracy and improving
documentation of voter intent.
Instituted electronic submission of land records for recording
Digitized 1.5 million pages of records for easier searching and viewing.
Instituted secure 24/7 ballot drop sites and added other sites for voter
convenience.
Administered over 40 elections.
As City Councilor:
$20+ million bond for transportation improvements including sidewalks to
schools.
Riverfront Park (Staff advised against development) (I believe bridgehead to
Minto Island was a 5-4 vote)
Helped make citizens feel more welcome to testify and feel heard.
Speed zones around schools when yellow lights were flashing (Salem was a
demonstration project)
Speed berms on residential streets to reduce speed for resident and
pedestrian safety.
As Pharmacist:
Pharmacists allowed to interchange dosage forms to better serve patients.
Helped on enabling generic substitution through legislation.
Thank you. Please return this questionnaire to the Editorial Board as an attached Word
document to Salemed@StatesmanJournal.com by April 20, 2016.