Sentences with phrase «operating spending»

The chart below shows just how local and municipal government operating spending and spending on employee compensation has changed over the past two decades as a share of the economy.

This amounts to a large reduction in real operating spending per student.

Adding back temporary federal stimulus funds used to supplement state funds in each of the last three years, state operating spending under the new budget is up a whopping 8.4 percent over 2007 - 08, although both personal income and private - sector economic activity in New York has dropped sharply during the Great Recession.

And why compare municipal operating spending to population growth and inflation to judge whether it is sustainable?  Thatâ $ ™ s because the only suitable measure of whether this level of spending is sustainableâ $» GDP, economic output or incomeâ $» doesnâ $ ™ t support their claims.

Most of the lapse within National Defence was due to lower operating spending, which amounted to over $ 1 billion.

«We need to ensure that these stimulus dollars are used for job opportunities for Alaskans, while preserving the regular operating spending decisions through the normal budget process,» Palin said in a statement.

Cuomo's budget division says it will cover most of the $ 3.5 billion deficit with unspecified cuts (and some accounting gimmicks, no doubt, like re-classifying certain spending programs) that hold operating spending growth to 2 percent.

The Citizens Budget Commission, a watchdog group, took a dim view of the budget proposal, noting that it «increases operating spending at more than twice the rate of inflation and misses an opportunity to bolster reserves» when tax revenue is pouring in.

In Chicago, charter schools receive a per - student fee equal to only 75 percent of the average per - pupil operating spending in traditional public schools.

This legislation will recognize that in times of crisis a deficit may be the appropriate action — but only with a plan to return to balance, and only with an accompanying freeze on operating spending.

The Governor has claimed to have kept SOF spending growth to 2 percent or less in every year of his tenure.2 However, for the second year in a row, the budget remains within this limit because (1) items previously categorized as state operating spending have been shifted to «off budget» accounts; (2) cash disbursements have been shifted between fiscal years; and (3) other spending items have been reclassified.3

Municipal operating spending has also increased because of further downloading of responsibilities by federal and provincial governments onto municipalities. The biggest increases in spending by municipalities over the past two decades have been for housing, health, social services and environmentâ $» all areas where federal and provincial governments also have responsibility, as the FCM's recent State of Canadaâ $ ™ s Cities and Communities report demonstrated.

And as far as spending by big cities growing too fast, their operating spending has increased at a slower pace than overall municipal government spending while their responsibilities have arguably grown at a faster pace.

This analysis corrects year - to - year spending for adjustments of two types — shifting cash disbursements between fiscal years (Table 2), and shifting state operating spending to «off budget» accounts or otherwise reclassifying it (Table 3).

Cuomo's budget assumes the federal government will approve a $ 10 billion Medicaid waiver, and that state operating spending will hold to less than two percent a year, which helps balance his plans for a local property tax freeze and for $ 100 million in funding during this coming year, to begin expanding pre-K programs statewide.