ABOUT ME
Hi, I'm Max
Who am I?
My parents immigrated from Austria to Canada where I was born. When I was seven we moved to Port Huron, Michigan to take on a family business, which, when not in school or the soccer field is where I spent my time helping and learning. I attended Cranbook Kingswood school where I would meet my wife. I would go on to study Materials and Metallurgical engineering at the University of Toronto with focus on process engineering and plant design as well as working international internships in both the Steel and Metal Finishing industries. Upon graduating I moved back to Michigan to work in manufacturing, a field in which I have spent nearly two decades building businesses supplying auto parts around the world. My wife Michelle attended medical school at Wayne State and in 2015 took a position as an attending physician at St John Hospital in Detroit at which time we moved to Grosse Pointe Park. We have fallen in love with this community, our family has made more meaningful friendships and relationships than we could have imagined, that is especially true for our son Julius and daughter Marion.
While my work has given me experience in managing people, budgets, coordinating capital projects. I have always been willing to put the work in and get my hands dirty to get the job done, but, I also know that I still have plenty to learn. I always strive to collaborate, to ensure that the group can achieve more than just the sum of it's parts. A paramount focus will be to listen to the community and foster a sense of teamwork to help this community grow and achieve the utmost potential.
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Why I'm running for Re-Election?
I have spent the last four years working diligently for our community. I have chaired the infrastructure committee, served on the public safety committee and personnel committee, I have also acted as the liaison to the business association.
My tenure has been focused on translating my experience running businesses into professionalizing the functioning of the city.
We have tremendous success,
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Turning a Deficit Budget into a consistent Surplus
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Adopting a Capital Improvement Plan and completely overhauling how infrastructure is handled in the city
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Overhauling City Contracts
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Improving Communication and Transparency for Residents, including a complete website overhaul and monthly infrastructure reports.
I am running to continue building on this success. We want an effective, efficient and transparent city for our residents.
Focusing on Core Competency
Stewardship
Taxes are a big responsibility for residents, so sound management of that money is the paramount responsibility of the city, both short and long term. Furthermore, the City of Grosse Pointe Park has been blessed with world class facilities for our residents. We owe it to the residents to take care of and improve upon what we have.
Public Safety
Our Public Safety does a tremendous job keeping our residents safe. We need to ensure they have the resources and support they need to serve everyone in the community.
Infrastructure
The needs of residents need to be understood and responded too, whether it is the water infrastructure, making sure leaves and garbage are picked up on time or ensuring utilities are responsive. It is unacceptable that residents go into a panic every time it rains. The council needs to be proactive so residents can focus on their lives and families.