To me the "fiduciary responsibility" is an obligation to work is the best interest of a party or others. It involves trust and responsibility. As an elected official I believe that we have that obligation to look after the best interests of our constituents or community. I believe that this can also be viewed in the lens of financial, or planning, in health or some other measurement. I will respond to the the financial and planning side.

For the financial side, I believe we as elected officials need to be vigilant with how the taxpayers money is spent. Sitting at City hall is not any reason to assume you are entitled to extras like working lunches/dinners all the time. I bring my own lunch to work and plan on it every day. I see no reason why that should change just because I am a city councilor. We need to look at the bottom line for decision and find efficacious ways to ensure the money spent is done in the best possible way. To me that means sometimes you will have to spend money to save money. We have a duty to be accountable, transparent and communicate effectively to those we serve. That is all part of the fiduciary duty to me financially.

From the planning side, our duty is to look at what will be best for all of our citizens. This is hard because sometimes the outcomes from some policy or decisions may not appear to benefit all. That said, if we look at the long term goal(s) and desired outcomes, we have to be comfortable making those kinds of decisions. I think trying to have less "in camera" decisions is also part of this obligation. I know we have some difficult decisions ahead and I am comfortable that I could make those to benefit the majority of our citizens.