Sentences with phrase «giving county legislators»

Secondly, giving county legislators a raise to a more livable wage is certainly acceptable compared to the enormous salary in comparison of the county executive — who in the person of the current and only one, has managed to promote only himself and in a manner that is entirely beyond his level of service to the people of this county and the day to day operations of county government.

Not exact matches

Gaughran is a former county legislator, town councilman and Water Authority chairman, giving him a public profile in the race.

(Democrat Aimee Belgard, a county legislator who's already got one of the best opportunities in the country to pick up a seat for the party this year, given the area's voting history, lives in the political heart of the 3rd District.)

«Shannon Wong won the most visible election for Orange County legislature this year, and her successful experience as an advocate for women's rights give her the potential to become one of the most effective legislators in the cCounty legislature this year, and her successful experience as an advocate for women's rights give her the potential to become one of the most effective legislators in the countycounty.

For months, arguments raged among city councilors, county legislators and other politicians over whether the promise of new jobs and enhanced sales tax revenue was worth giving up certain property taxes.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For the first pay period of 2016, the county comptroller tried to refuse raises given to legislators and the county executive.

At the legislature's Rules Committee in Mineola on Monday, Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D - Freeport) told legislators it would be «reckless» for the county to continue voting on contracts, given the Skelos case.

Last year, legislators passed a half - year budget in order to give Mr. Bellone an opportunity to find funding for over 600 county jobs.

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Antonacci sued Onondaga County last year over raises given to County Executive Joanie Mahoney and county legislCounty last year over raises given to County Executive Joanie Mahoney and county legislCounty Executive Joanie Mahoney and county legislcounty legislators.

Hein, at the time focused on the sale of the county nursing home on Golden Hill, was not of a mind to give up any revenue in uncertain times, certainly not at the behest of a state legislator he was learning to dislike.

As a county legislator, I was given one appointment to our county's charter revision commission.

NIFA will give County Executive - elect Laura Curran, a Democratic legislator who takes office Jan. 1, until March 15 to offer any significant changes to the budget.

Michael Catalinatto, who served on the Ulster County Charter Revision Commission in 2011, said two - year terms were intended to give voters a chance to quickly remove legislators who aren't representing their constituents and said there was «no reason or justification» to increase the terms of office.

Legislators rejected this change during the first round of budget negotiations, with the Assembly creating a credit based on income (and not tied to local spending) and the State Senate embracing a simpler but less onerous plan advanced by groups representing cities, towns, counties, school boards and villages to give the «freeze» check back to the local government to invest as it sees fit.

Recall the county's 2011 reapportionment process that took decision - making out of the hands of powerful self - interested legislators and gave it to a bipartisan citizen review board.

Given the 16 - vote threshold, legislators didn't even try to override an executive veto on a far more controversial topic, free county charges on electric vehicles.

Several members of the County Legislature will speak to give the County's perspective including Legislators Cris Carey and Joseph Meyers.

Indeed, legislators wanted to award the grant money fast given the rate of one county resident dying of a suspected overdoses every day of the year.

Only three legislators voted against giving Brega nearly $ 4 million dollars to wash the buses and raise County taxes by 4 % — Democrat Meyers with Republicans Carey and Grant.

Instead, he co-sponsored Tuesday's resolutions to give raises to legislators and the county executive.

«The idea is to try to get the least cleanup possible,» said Lloyd Withers, a local businessman who lobbied county legislators in 2011 to give Murphy's Island to the Onondaga Nation.

Last month, Rhinehart and a group of suburban legislators came up with a sales tax plan that would cut Syracuse's share of the money to $ 50 million, giving the county extra cash with which to lower property taxes.

It should give people pause when two white suburban legislators propose having a white county executive appoint a «commissioner» to be able to pluck schools away from the democratically elected school board of an overwhelmingly nonwhite district.