Sentences with phrase «control fee increases»

The commission also approved animal control fee increases to help raise money for a new animal shelter.

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FACED with increasing property management fees and wielding a thirst for more core business control, many of WA's listed retail property trusts are moving away from managing agents to in - house shopping centre management.

Incentive management fees increased 18 percent reflecting higher property - level profit due to worldwide REVPAR increases and continued cost control, as well as international unit growth.

The GOP - controlled county legislature held its first hearing on Mangano's $ 2.98 billion budget, which relies on $ 83 million in new or increased fees.

Claudia Borecky, a South Shore civic activist and former legislative aide to Denenberg, asked Venditto during a public comment period why he had been absent when the Finance Committee, controlled by majority Republicans, had voted earlier to approve the fee increases.

He is also expected to lay out an agenda for strengthening gun control and for not increasing state taxes and fees.

The governor wants to cut 66 positions, force state parks to support themselves through fee increases and remove citizen control of DNR.

Nassau's revised 2016 county budget, slated for consideration today by the county's financial control board, includes $ 35.6 million in revenue from increased real estate fees that could add hundreds or thousands of dollars to the cost of buying, selling or refinancing properties in the county.

Anyone who is even thinking about supporting the New York City Democrats would be well served to remember what they did the last time time they controlled our entire state government ---- enacting 124 different tax and fee increases totaling $ 14 billion, overshooting the budget by billions of dollars and pitting one region of the state against another.

Adam Barsky, chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, a state oversight board in control of the county's finances, said the GOP amendments fail to comply with their directive that fee hikes be replaced with recurring revenue increases or budget savings.

Despite increased costs, ISC schools raised their fees just 3.6 per cent last year — the lowest rise since 1994 — as part of their commitment to controlling fees and amid fears that greater increases might turn parents away.

If you miss the deadline for repayment, the late fees and increased interest rates quickly spiral out of control.

Owners of dangerous dogs could face dramatically higher fines and be required to maintain up to $ 1 million in homeowners insurance under proposals the Brevard County Commission will consider today.Spurred by recent dog attacks that nearly killed a woman and injured a child, commissioners asked animal experts to propose new fines and help toughen the county's animal control ordinance.The proposed fee increases target all irresponsible pet owners, from those who fail to vaccinate their pets to owners whose dogs are involved in severe attacks.

Those high costs reflect an increasing demand for high - tech diagnostics and care rivalling that of human hospitals — though I would challenge anyone who thinks our fees are out of control in comparison to that of human hospitals, where a single exam in the ER can run you thousands of dollars.

Fees and fines levied by Orange County Animal Services were given a hefty increase Tuesday by county commissioners, clearing the way for enforcement of strict new rules for owners of cats and dogs.Last fall, commissioners approved several revisions to the county animal - control ordinance with the aim of reducing unwanted breeding and the number of strays.The changes adopted Tuesday include an increase from $ 10 to $ 25 for registration of fertile cats and dogs.

In Oregon we helped pass a landmark dangerous dog law and in Monroe County, Florida, we worked with residents and local government to replace an unenforceable $ 500 intact animal fee with a $ 35 fee, removed arbitrary restrictions on animal limits, and made other changes that vastly increase chances for compliance and cultivate goodwill and cooperation between citizens, lawmakers and animal control officials.

A pit bull ban means additional animal control workers for identification and enforcement and litigation, sheltering, vet care and other costs of care for restricted breeds that have been impounded and must be held pending hearings; less in licensing fees as owners decline to register restricted breeds for fear of not being able to afford or follow through on restrictions; an increase in restricted breeds in shelters in surrounding communities, less shelter and resources for other animals that are euthanized.

While large firms saw a 4 % increase fuelled, in the main, by a 20 % increase in fee growth in the year and greater control on expenditure and overhead reductions, those with between 2 and 10 partners achieved an increase of 5 %, reflecting decreases in non-salary overheads and fee income increases.

(Whatever the size of the necessary size of the one - time increase in annual fees, that's the way to get the necessary automating of routine legal services without worry as to loss of independence and ownership whose purpose is to control the market for monopoly power that dictates price.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

«There is agreement that this cost factor is largely not in the control of the legal aid provider; it would therefore be manifestly unjust to make the provider bear the economic risk of increases in waiting time beyond what is included in the case fee as remuneration for average waiting time.

We need to increase transparency in the litigation process, starting with demand letters and patent ownership; we need to control the costs of litigation by, when appropriate, shifting fees and limiting expensive discovery; we need better programs for challenging bad patents; and we need to protect end - users and consumers.

While the current cryptocurrency market provides some solutions, such as increased liquidity and the potential for inflation control and fee reduction, consumers are not wholly convinced.

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Furthermore, unlike an investment in, for example, a REIT, investors are investing in a specific property — not a pool of properties, which increases transparency and control, and saves on fees.

You'd be exempt from the rent control aspect, but not the increased fees and tenant heavy rent board.

Weekend millionaire audiobook says to avoid investing in houses with HOA due to HOAs taking control of what happens in the community and possibly increasing HOA fees.