Sentences with phrase «of local government services»

In Connecticut, cities and towns set rates and collect property taxes for the majority of local government services and public services, such as schools and infrastructure maintenance.

I was invited to write the second story, below, to appear in an interesting and unusual project that used flash fiction to promote positive expectations of local government services.

The staff from the New York Department of State's Division of Local Government Services will discuss opportunities to leverage regional assets, generate cost savings and increase service delivery efficiences through shared services and consolidation.

Mr Prosper Ahalivor who spoke on behalf of the Head of the Local Government Service (LGS) said it was pertinent to disclose that in its bid to improve institutional and staff capacity, competition, performance and service delivery, the Service had developed and implementing an evaluation / assessment system known as the LGS Performance Management System (PMS).

A statement signed by the Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah said the team would also include the Head of the Civil Service, Head of the Local Government Service, Secretary to the Cabinet and the National Security Coordinator in accordance with the provisions of the Presidential Transition Act 2012 (Act 845).

The meeting was attended by the chairmen of the 16 local government councils and their treasurers, Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Finance and that of Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs as well as the Chairperson of the Local Government Service Commission.

Not exact matches

Fujairah will be holding the Innovation Race, a competition aimed at finding ideas to improve local government services, open to residents of the city, and with a winning prize of AED 20,000 for first place, AED 15,000 for second place, and AED 10,000 for third place.

The announcement of preferred tenderers for the Western Australian government's 10 - year, $ 80 million shared service centres has created ructions within the local information and communications technology industry.

Celis's work in Africa consisted of a project that focused on helping local governments provide better community services.

The cost of borrowing in China has been cut aggressively since the autumn of 2014 in response to the slowdown in the economy and the distress caused to property owners, local government and corporations by high debt - servicing costs.

A chapter of Service Employees International representing private - sector airport workers also endorsed her (Local 32), as did another AFSCME chapter representing county employees throughout the government (Local 199).

These include several of the local town government associations, nonprofits, homebuilders and a number of service businesses such as certified public accountants.

Americans share almost one - third of the fruits of economic output (via taxes that help pay for an array of social services) through their federal, state, and local governments.

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.

Three commissioners may grant some of the nation's largest refineries a tax refund of more than $ 135 million — money Texas» cash - strapped schools and other local governments have been counting on to help pay teachers and provide other public services.

While property taxes in the state serve as an important source of revenue for local governments and public services (including public education) the average Alabama homeowner pays just $ 550 per year in property taxes.

Primary Underwriting The new issue public finance pipeline provides a diverse offering of municipal products, including major governments, agencies and authorities, local governments, essential services, healthcare, housing and redevelopment, education, corporations, middle market corporations and economic development issues.

The largest component of user fees is «services of a non-regulatory nature» of which about $ 1.2 billion relates to RCMP contracting policing services to provinces, territories and local governments.

Services of a non-regulatory nature ($ 2.8 billion) include provision of services to the United Nations, police services to provincial, territorial and local goveServices of a non-regulatory nature ($ 2.8 billion) include provision of services to the United Nations, police services to provincial, territorial and local goveservices to the United Nations, police services to provincial, territorial and local goveservices to provincial, territorial and local governments;

Property taxes in North Carolina are a key source of revenue for local governments, providing funding for services such as public education and law enforcement.

FEMA is currently funding 100 percent of the island's emergency services through the agency's basic disaster relief program — $ 37 million so far for local governments to pay police, firefighters, and paramedics.

Any company whose business depends on providing goods or services to local, state or federal government agencies has experienced one or more of the following cash flow problems:

Previously head of local government solutions at PayIt, Luke Norris now is leading the Kansas City office of Australia - based OpenCities, which is a provider of website and digital services for governments across the world.

Through SMC, the telecommunications infrastructure services segment of the Company provides project management, construction, installation and maintenance services to commercial, local government and federal government customers.

Communities across Illinois are being forced to cut local services and raise taxes to afford their pension payments, putting residents who rely on local government services at risk because of the inherent failures of defined - benefit plans.

I'd be in favor of government - run health clinics for those in need requiring ALL physicians receiving their medical degrees via taxpayer - funded student loans serve 1 - 2 years in a local clinic providing health exams, vaccinations, pap smears, prenatal care, etc.... allowing credits for their service towards paying back their student loans.

The ACSI uses data from interviews with roughly 70,000 customers annually as inputs to an econometric model for analyzing customer satisfaction with more than 300 companies in 43 industries and 10 economic sectors, including various services of federal and local government agencies.

It is also a major regional service city and the seat of local government and civic administration for the City of Greater Shepparton, which includes the surrounding towns of Tatura, Merrigum, Mooroopna, Murchison, Dookie, Toolamba and Grahamvale.

All local free - to - air television services are now broadcasting in digital transmission only as part of the Federal Government «s plan for Digital terrestrial television in Australia.

Please pray that the federal, state and local governments, will see the plight of so many of our children whose families are wrecked by drug and alcohol abuse, and work toward prevention and increasing services for addicts, particularly addicts with children.

«This calls for an immediate coordination of government - funded services and available financing for vital services that may not be covered, but are equally essential for local evacuees to get back on their feet.»

Cuomo proposed using some of a $ 4 billion surplus, which he acknowledged was a «one - shot» revenue source from numerous financial settlements, on infrastructure spending, education and for helping local governments find ways to share services as part of an overall economic development boost for the upstate region.

It also requires them not to «attempt or support the functions, programmes and activities of political, social, ethic or gender interest group in a private capacity and name or in circumstances unrelated to the discharge of the project and tasks of the Civil and Local Government Services».

Adeboye spoke at the RCCG inter-denominational service held at Kassa in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, where he rounded up the RCCG 2017 Northern Ministers and Workers Conference, with the theme, «The Almighty.»

It continued that, «your actions as appeared on your facebook wall, constitute a major offense and breach of the Code of Ethics of both the Civil and Local Government Service under canon one - the Principle of anonymity and performance as stated in part II, enjoins officers to maintain neutrality in the performance of public functions ``.

On local government reorganisation in 1996 she was appointed as an Assistant Director (Environment) at Brighton & Hove City Council where she was responsible for the integration of planning and transport services and, amongst other things, she oversaw the introduction of decriminalised parking enforcement, the return of Brighton & Hove Albion to Withdean Stadium and contributed to the development of the successful partnership with Brighton & Hove Bus Company.

I strongly believe there are a lot of really good people in government ---- people who choose public service for all the right reasons, people who are important to the operations of their state and their local communities.»

While local government services and benefits are being cut to the bone, when it comes to funding these kinds of vanity projects, money always appears to be of no object.

Speaking at a conference hosted by the Local Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildLocal Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildLocal taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildlocal authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildings.

Councils and local government, in particular, have to determine how best to maintain effective services in a climate of austerity, accepting that rising demands and tighter budgets require new delivery tools and new models of provision.

David has over 30 years experience of the delivery of highway services; following a long and successful career in local government, he moved to the private sector in 1998 to develop commercial and marketing skills.

«The government and councils have a shared interest in avoiding a public relations disaster of local people paying more for reduced services,» said Steve Freer, chief executive of Cipfa.

The data series in which we found serious discontinuities or complete breaks are not trivial or obscure, but are (or should be) of major importance to the evaluation of government of any political stripe, such as total public sector capital investment, local government spending (on which the Office for Budget Responsibility and the government differ whether it is rising or falling), how much the government costs to run, and how much the civil service costs to employ.

Its practical application, and that of the Coalition's Localism Bill, can be seen to have shifted responsibility for delivering services and managing budgets onto the local and community level, while effectively withholding power through enforcing cuts and strengthening government oversight, as with Gove's current dominion over education provision.

Speaking on the ongoing screening of state and local government workers, the governor said that all sorts of tricks were devised to shortchange the workers, describing as worst, the scourge of ghost workers in the civil service.

Firefighters, who were at the Capitol today to lobby for two priority bills, say that like local governments they are hindered by a 2 percent property tax cap and are increasingly running the risk of slashing EMS services if the money to pay for services isn't there.

Sir Richard Leese, who has led Manchester for Labour since 1996, told politics.co.uk the results of a «whole place community budget» pilot scheme in which local authorities share their resources with government departments showed it may be possible to achieve a «complete transformation of how public services are delivered».

«The Department of State is a critically important agency to our State, as it comprises a diverse range of services for New Yorkers, from real estate licensing to business incorporation to local government services.»

«Crossrail will facilitate the continued sustainable development of London's primary finance and business service activities, located in both the City and Docklands and support local and national Government policy for economic development and regeneration, particularly in the Lee Valley and Thames Gateway areas.»

The President also signed into law the Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2018, Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration Act, 2018 and Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (Establishment), Act, 2018.