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responsibilities and strengthen our knowledge in helping each other. I want to inspire my deputy clerks to achieve more than they ever thought possible by tapping into their potential. Since I have been the ClerkTreasurer, there have been so many positive changes. I hired a new accounts payable/receivable deputy clerk in 2021. She is a quick learner and very helpful to all departments. My utility clerk has been in the clerk’s office since 2008. She is very knowledgeable in her position. I hired a part-time helper to help us when we get super busy and she has organized this office by helping destroy old records, keeping records needed for an upcoming audit, and archiving records that need to be kept. The clerk’s office is very stable, organized and very capable of adapting to change. I trust and rely on them to do their jobs. As your Clerk-Treasurer, I have been able to make positive changes in our office while maintaining the same organized structure as my predecessors. I would be honored to continue being the Clerk-Treasurer of Syracuse. I love my job and love serving the people of this town. Larry Siegel Serving the people of the town of Syracuse is the only reason to have a clerk-treasurer’s office. I have had the opportunity to serve /$55< 6,(*(/ the people of Syracuse on the town council for more than 20 years. I appreciate the support and
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confidence from all the people of Syracuse who recently reelected me to the town council. This election has made me aware of a yet greater need to serve as clerktreasurer. During 2013, I completed a yearlong fellowship program attending the Tobias Center for Leadership, headquartered in the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. So, it is difficult to summarize my management style in 400 words or less. There are several management styles, each appropriate depending on the scenario at hand, all including planning, organizing, leading and controlling an organization. Some summarize management styles into 12 or more styles. For brevity, I will utilize four classifications. Laissez-Faire — When the team is working on all cylinders, hands off, let them roll. Participative — Encourage feedback from employees and in-
clude them in decision making. Autocratic — Deadlines requiring all hands on deck. Transformational — Create positive change, possibly cross training, developing employees into leaders. Regardless of each employee’s skills, tasks at hand, and required management, my style is to always focus on the organization’s objectives, with teamwork as a priority. Out of respect for myself and team members, I consider employees, what they know, and what they do as the primary resource and asset of their organization. It is critical to stay tuned to the front line people in the organization. They often have new beneficial ideas that can actually improve the process. Employees receive customer feedback that is beneficial to the organization. The people of the town of Syracuse are who we serve. What you have to Continued on page 2
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