It had recommended the replacement of the ATSIC
Board of Commissioners with a national body comprised of regional representatives and a smaller national executive drawn from this body.
But it must be a never - ending goal — and one that only
the Board of Commissioners with its diverse backgrounds and historically powerful position can accomplish.
It was just a couple years ago that Kevin Dunn and a small entourage of fellow skateboard enthusiasts would regularly show up at the meetings of the Tinley Park Park District's
Board of Commissioners with a single purpose: to lobby for a skateboard park.
Not exact matches
«Thanks to the leadership
of the Oakland International Airport and the
Board of Port
Commissioners, travelers from all over the world will now have the choice
of requesting a safe, reliable and affordable ride
with uberX when they land at Oakland International Airport.»
The Fox Valley Park District is governed by a seven - member
Board of Commissioners, which approves all policy and financial decisions, and also appoints the Executive Director, along
with the Park District attorney and auditors.
The
Board of Commissioners would prioritize which facilities it is able to update and repair
with available funds.
The Fox Valley Park District is governed by a seven - member
Board of Commissioners, which is elected by District residents and approves all policy and financial decisions, and also appoints the Executive Director, along
with the Park District attorney and auditors.
Pending approval by the Park
Board of Commissioners, dogs and their owners may have a new place to visit
with the opening
of a new dog park in June, although its name as
of now, has yet to be determined.
The Glen Ellyn and Oak Brook Park Districts will proceed
with a lawsuit Wednesday against the Du Page County
Board of Election
Commissioners despite a successful petition drive in Glen Ellyn to place three alternative referendum questions on the ballot.
The letter was delivered to the Mokena Park District on Monday
with the intention
of being included in the park
commissioners» informational packets that will be distributed at the park
board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mokena Village Hall.
HANOVER PARK — The Hanover Park Park District
Board of Commissioners has approved a license agreement
with Garibaldi's VII Inc.
of Hoffman Estates for a concession operation at the Seafari Springs water park.
Also, a committee will be set up consisting
of Park District staff, Park
Board commissioners and homeowners to «significantly improve communication»
with residents, Brissa said.
That «s all that happened when Mayor Washington finally was able to replace two
of the lame - duck park
commissioners with his choices, and when the new park
board stripped Mr. Kelly
of his responsibilities and gave them to Mr. Madison.
The Streamwood Park District
Board of Commissioners on Thursday night discussed the proposed donation
of 2.08 acres in connection
with a planned subdivision south and east
of the Willow Creek subdivision between Illinois Highway 19 and U.S. Highway 20.
SCHAUMBURG — The Schaumburg Park District
Board of Commissioners is moving ahead
with plans to establish a policy
of routine background checks on Park District volunteers.
The Streamwood Park District
Board of Commissioners recently discussed the proposed donation
of 2.08 acres in connection
with a planned subdivision south and east
of the Willow Creek subdivision between Illinois Highway 19 and U.S. Highway 20.
In March
of 1936 the Park
Board of Commissioners was presented
with two petitions, one against and one for putting a question on the ballot.
Park
Board President, Mary Fran Leno;
Commissioners, Tim Gelinas and Rob Nesvacil; along
with Executive Director, Steve Scholten attended a press conference
with Governor Pat Quinn in Oak Park The Governor announced the recipients
of $ 26 million from the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) program that is administered by the IDNR and funded by the state real estate transfer tax.
The regular meetings
of the Arlington Heights Park District
Board of Commissioners are held on the second and fourth Tuesday
of every month (unless otherwise noted)
with one meeting in December.
David Gervais, president
of the Cary Park District
Board of Commissioners, said park officials have discussed constructing a water park
with a swimming pool — a first for McHenry County — or a golf course on the property.
Just weeks after the first referendum was rejected, the park district's executive director, Steve Scholten, discussed the state grant
with the
board of commissioners at an April meeting.
Four months ago, the
board of commissioners fired Executive Director Ed Haag, who had been
with the district for 20 years.
The Lombard Park District is looking to continue on the path
of achievement
with the utmost confidence in the new
Board of Park
Commissioners.
Patrick Flynn, a former
commissioner who formed an organization called Citizens for Better Government
with former treasurer Ray Conway, said about 50
of the 62 people who attended the meeting Thursday have signed petitions asking
Commissioners Mike O'Neill, Dale Larson and Robert McKenna to leave the Park
Board.
Residents, who in March approved a property - tax increase to finance a 20 - year park renovation and expansion program, presented the Park District
Board of Commissioners on Wednesday
with a petition
with 120 signatures supporting open space.
GURNEE — The Gurnee Park District
Board of Commissioners Tuesday night voted to move ahead
with a $ 200,000 grant application for a proposed outdoor aquatic center.
Cary — The Cary Park District
Board of Commissioners plans to meet Thursday
with the Friends
of the Park to help drum up support for the district's proposed $ 8.1 million bond issue.
Staffing The Park District has an appointed Executive Director responsible to the
Board of Commissioners for the administration
of the District along
with a full - time (over 1,560 hours annually) staff
of 75.
Mr. D'Amato, who is legendary for his broad network
of friends in the Republican Party, especially in New York State, said yesterday that he had spoken personally
with Charles A. Gargano, vice chairman
of the Port Authority
board and a longtime ally
of Governor Pataki, as well as
with Commissioners Bruce A. Blakeman and Michael J. Chasanoff, who are both active in the Republican Party on Long Island.
Polly Trottenberg, the city's Department
of Transportation
commissioner and an MTA
board member has pledged to press the governor and state legislature to reinstate the $ 65 million, and said that she will be «working
with our allies up in Albany to see if we can reverse these cuts, which we really have a great concern about.»
The authority to remove an elected School
Board member from office falls
with the state
commissioner of education, and a spokeswoman for MaryEllen Elia said that since she might be called on to act in this instance, she could not comment on the situation.
«We've acted traditionally on complaints that were filed
with the
board,» said Ralph Mohr, the Republican commissioner on the Erie County Board of Elect
board,» said Ralph Mohr, the Republican
commissioner on the Erie County
Board of Elect
Board of Elections.
His first experience
with local politics came in 2007 when he won a seat on the Mattituck Park District
board of commissioners, running on a reform platform.
Risa Sugarman, currently the deputy
commissioner of the criminal investigations division for the Department
of Taxation and Finance, has been nominated as the
board's chief enforcement counsel, overseeing a new unit tasked
with enforcing the state's election laws.
Last week, Paladino's attorney notified the state education
commissioner of their plans to file a federal lawsuit and asked her to stop moving forward
with three appeals to remove him from the
board until it had played out in court.
The law, backed by Assemblywoman Didi Barrett and Sen. Sue Serino, requires the state Department
of Environmental Conservation to work
with the Cost Guard, Department
of State and the
Board of Commissioners of Pilots to establish travel guidelines for the tankers.
The State
Board of Regents is working
with a national search firm to narrow a list
of applicants for education
commissioner to six or seven candidates.
The state Business Council, too, had made the argument the Legislature should be tasked
with any campaign finance changes and not the appointed
commissioners at the
Board of Elections.
Cuomo added he has not spoken
with the newly appointed
commissioner of education, MaryEllen Elia (the
Board of Regents appoints the education
commissioner, not the governor).
Unlike in other states where governors were intimately involved
with Common Core implementation, Cuomo has largely stayed out
of the process, letting state education
commissioner John King and the state
Board of Regents take the heat from parents and teachers over the rocky rollout.
They says the
Board of Election's current bipartisan structure,
with two
commissioners from each major party, has led to a «tacit, bipartisan agreement to do nothing.»
He maintains a team
with deep roots in city government, including Susan Hinkson, former
Board of Standards and Appeals
commissioner, and former Scott Stringer aide Jesse Campoamor.
In addition to Martens and Driscoll, the
board that will vote today is stacked
with Cuomo appointees, including the state» acting health
commissioner and the secretary
of state.
However, Mr. Gerstman, the department's acting
commissioner, said his department did not contact the
Board of Elections
with its concerns, making them instead to the governor's office.
The State's education
commissioner, Mary Ellen Elia, says she knows it's a tough year, but is disappointed that Cuomo did not agree
with the State
Board of Regents recommendation to add $ 1.6 billion in funding for schools.
Last month, Cuomo asked some
of his New York
commissioners to boycott the Port Authority's public
board meeting in protest
of the ongoing dispute
with New Jersey over what to fund in the agency's 10 - year capital plan.
The
commissioners also discussed the possibility Tuesday
of calling on Albany to change state rules to allow the city to equip its voting machines
with wireless capabilities, so that results could be transmitted directly from machines to the
board without needing to transport memory sticks or ballots.
The first week that the new education
commissioner began her job, in July, the state
Board of Regents announced it was not renewing a contract
with the testing company Pearson and beginning a new arrangement
with the company Questar.
«Whatever the wage
board comes back
with, it has to be — basically — accepted by the
commissioner of the Department
of Labor, period,» the governor said.
That's a shame, because putting up a fight
with the chance
of getting a North Fork representative in the Assembly majority would be beneficial to the region, and Mr. Deegan's work as a Mattituck Parks District
commissioner has been admirable (though a recent issue over whether or not he swore an oath
of office has him off the
board).