Sentences with phrase «at local government level»

Our livelihood depends upon what goes on at the local government level.

It highlights new court decisions, new state and federal laws and policies, and actions at the local government level that guide and / or impact land use and community development.

Things can get far more political at a local government level, says James Reid, a partner in the capital markets, M&A, corporate and energy practices at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP.

The Councillors and candidates for election to local councils below have signed a Statement of Support for working towards a Climate Emergency Declaration at the local government level.

Read Philip Sutton's paper, Local - first implementation: Why a strong climate declaration is needed at the local government level and what it can do.

Public libraries are creatures of local government, and tax revenues at the local government level are still sucky.

To conduct public education, community outreach, and litigation to improve minority representation at the local government level in Illinois.

The INEC Chairman noted that this was the first time the Commission was paying special attention to building the capacity of Assistant Electoral Officers (AEOs) at the Local Government level to deliver on the Commission's voter education mandate.

The registration data were not affected because officials had forwarded those that had been concluded to the national headquarters in Abuja, while the ongoing collations were being backed up or shared with registration points at local government level.

For that reason, he noted, the Commission places a high premium on them as the vanguard of voter education at the local government level.

How can this person be representing us at the local government level?

He lamented that, «When other states are already enjoying the dividends of democracy at the local government level, we are yet to see any practical signs to convince the people that democracy will soon return to the grassroots level of governance after two years and three months.»

At the local government level, he would consolidate the operations of most school districts at the county level, with a single appointed superintendent, and also consolidate other local town and village operations at that level.

«Those interests that can not be accommodated at this level, by the time you go through the local government, some interests would be accommodated and those interests that can not be accommodated at the local government level, by the time you go to do the ward caretaker committee, they may be accommodated.»

The exercise is conducted at the Local Government level on quarterly basis.

The rest of the state's localities are subject to a 2 percent cap on the growth of their property taxes, which they can override at the local government level, under a law enacted during Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first year in office in 2011.

Meanwhile, the governor has charged Information Officers at the local government level to see themselves as information specialists and adequately report government activities on the nooks and crannies of the state.

Ojezua frowned at attempts by some party leaders to factionalize the party particularly at the local government level, due to their interest in particular governorship aspirants, warning that such attitude weakens the party's structure.

He explained that the major achievements of the present administration were recorded at the local areas, lamenting that it is worrisome that the progress made by the present government has not been adequately reported by information officers at the local government level.

Political activity is far more «professional» at the local government level in urban areas where there are far fewer governments and far fewer elected officials per capita, and a far greater supply of people with higher education and high level managerial and professional work experience.

Nwosu, who is the Auditor - General for Local Governments in Imo State, said, «At the local government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local governments.

He, however, charged Information Officers at the local government level to see themselves as information experts and promptly report government activities on the nooks and crannies of the state.

He said that the exercise was conducted at the local government level and all the 326 electoral wards across the state, to enable eligible voters register before the closing date.

Three (support for a wholly elected House of Lords, opposition to PR at local government level, fur labelling) were endorsed.

This is traditional territory for the national governing party, but its hold at local government level has dwindled elsewhere.

This is commonly referred to in China as the «one eye open, one eye closed» approach, and seems to be a common modus operandi at the local government level.

Sir Albert Bore, Labour's leading politician at the local government level, is backing Mr Byrne for the mayoralty.

According to a statement by the NOA Deputy Director of Press, Fidel Agu, in Abuja, the move was announced when the NOA Director General, Garba Abari, paid a visit to the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to deliberate on the proposed mass literacy at the local government level to communicate both monetary and economic policies to the people.

Ayorinde explained that as the election that would bring on board a new set of public officers for the next four years at the local government level, the restriction of movement will allow the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) and the security agencies to distribute electoral materials in good time and ensure a seamless electoral process.

So unless you are saying we should not allow majority vote win at the local government level, then your statement is false.

For roughly three decades, Karen, as GDP expanded by roughly 9 - 10 %, the household share contracted while the government share expanded, and this expansion occurred mostly at the local government level.

This training also seeks to support the FOISECON in order to build their capacity to conduct free and credible elections at the local government levels and how well - implemented electoral process can bring about peaceful change of power and improve their leadership skills and take on board means for preventing or mitigating the escalation of electoral violence and conflict throughout the respective electoral cycle.

There has never been any election at the local government levels since we started this democracy in 1999.

Not exact matches

Beijing and the World Bank officially claim China's government debt remains very manageable, at less than 20 % of GDP — far below levels in the industrial world — but the truth is, local governments are piling on new debt at a staggering pace.

Federal - government reluctance seems unlikely to slow the roll of officials and businesses at the state and local level, however.

In fact, the P3 approach does nothing to solve the fundamental infrastructure funding challenge faced by governments at the local, state, and federal levels.

Our close - knit community consistently allows business leaders to work together with government representatives at the federal, state and local level to resolve challenges.

The report aims to help community groups, small businesses, state and local governments and the public to better understand, monitor and respond to trends in borrowing and indebtedness at the household level.

Most safety net programs are currently administered at the state or federal level, rather than the local level — meaning that states have a greater capacity to cover independent contractors through government safety net programs.

In the other direction, the U.S. Government receives a modicum of taxes from real estate (mainly at the local level for property taxes), not much income tax but some capital gains tax in good years.

According to Green, however, the debt problems at the local level could probably be mitigated if it is transferred to the central government balance sheet given the country's strong growth rate and rising tax revenues.

All the growth has been in services and in the government sector, mainly at the state and local level in the case of public employment.

It's one step forward and two steps back as regulations are repealed at the federal level and then re-instituted by state and local governments.

NO: Federal spending at these levels is unsustainable and must be cut sharply now by empowering state and local governments, consolidating duplicative programs and privatizing government programs.

(For eligible prosecutor) Be full - time employees of a state or unit of local government (including tribal government), who «prosecute criminal or juvenile delinquency cases at the state or unit of local government level»

'' The government sector has been a drag, there is still one more budget fight coming in the next few weeks and that's going to be a challenge, but if we get through that we are into the part of the election cycle where government drag turns into a small boost, we are already seeing some rehiring at the state and local level and that is significant as well.»

In light of this, it is not enough for government bodies and policies to be more accepting of Chinese capital and immigration; a discussion needs to be had at the public level between local communities and newly - immigrated Chinese - Canadians as well in order to facilitate the acceptance and integration of new - comers into our diverse Canadian culture.

Ahead of the next congress of the Chinese communist party in October, where President Xi Jinping will unveil his new leadership team, there have been indications that Chinese policymakers have increasingly shifted their emphasis away from potentially disruptive reforms aimed at reducing excessive debt levels, particularly among local governments, and toward stabilizing the level of economic growth.

But every body of government at every level would condemn it, from the Whitehouse to your local county board.

Both the clergy and the mental health professional can work together at the local, state, and federal levels of government in emphasizing the importance of including a well trained clergyman on the staff of each community mental health center.