Yesterday the Erie
county legislature put a resolution into committee which asked Erie county sheriff Tim Howard to stop by the committee to discuss his decision.
Last year,
the county legislature put aside money for a new marquee and secured a state grant for new dasher boards for the Crunch.
The county legislature puts ideas forward of their own all the time.
Not exact matches
The state GOP
put a lot of resources into trying to help
County Executive Rob Astorino end the Democratic grip on the local
legislature by breaking its veto - proof majority.
«Since that time the
county legislature has slowly removed all of the safeguards,
put in place during the initial process,» said Jamesville resident Dennis Payne.
As one
county legislator
put it last week after the
legislature's Ways and Means Committee brokered the sales - tax standoff between
Though the
legislature has
put itself on record, no doubt with a nudge from Cahill nemesis
County Executive Mike Hein, this issue will be decided in Albany.
I am optimistic that this will gain approval from the
county legislature and hopefully be
put to the voters this November.
«We work to try to keep
legislature from
putting us out of business,» said Marilyn Howard, field advisor of the New York Farm Bureau for Rockland and surrounding
counties.
The Democrat Schoenberger encouraged the Republican Day, his potential rival in the upcoming
county executive race, to withdraw his motion to table, explaining the
legislature had to
put forward a united front and send a clear message that the
county was serious about eliminating its deficit.
The
county legislature may
put up $ 250,000 of its own money - if the city matches it - according to Kessner.
«First, we have to
put ourselves in a room together - the council, the
county legislature, (state) senators, assemblymen, and our congressman,» Hudson said.
The proposals would be
put on the ballot and go through a referendum in an election this November, unless a
county legislature rejects the proposal during a 45 - day reviewing period.
Unless a
county legislature rejects the proposal with a 45 - day reviewing period, it would be
put on referendum during elections in November, when Syracuse will also hold a mayoral election.
County Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon said the
legislature would not consider
putting the proposal on a referendum this year.
Erie
County Executive Mark Poloncarz was pleased with the budget, saying «I commend Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state
legislature for crafting a budget that
puts all local governments, if we work together, in a better position to lower property taxes for the people of Erie
County and also continues the investment in Buffalo and Erie
County through the «Buffalo Billion» program.»
But that would mean convincing Fulton
County's legislative delegation (which can
put a stranglehold on any reform effort, as they did during the 1990s with efforts by residents in what is now Sandy Springs to form their own city government), as well as working with the Republican - dominated
legislature and new governor Nathan Deal (who is no exemplar on school reform).