Sentences with phrase «public budget sessions»

As part of the city's new five year budget planning, public budget sessions featuring the City Chamberlain and various department heads are being held twice a month.

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With the state facing its grimmest budget outlook in years, the legislative session shows signs of becoming a tug - of - war between public schools and health care — the two biggest recipients of state spending and, not coincidentally, the two heaviest - hitting lobbying forces Albany.

Criminal justice reforms that were left out of the state budget should be passed by lawmakers before the end of the legislative session in June, the city's five primary public defender organizations say.

«Without an agreement on a final budget in place, it appears the governor is trying to distract the public from a potentially embarrassing report by calling the Legislature up for an unnecessary and costly session day,» the source said.

The Public Campaign Action Fund pushed hard during the legislative session and the budget negotiating process for the public financing of political campPublic Campaign Action Fund pushed hard during the legislative session and the budget negotiating process for the public financing of political camppublic financing of political campaigns.

The watchdog group Citizens Budget Commission says the event comes in the final days of the legislative session, when over 50 bills have emerged that enhance benefits for state and local public employees, with a price tag of $ 140 million dollars.

They discuss how this year's legislative session worked out, the tendency for governors to wrap legislation into the annual budget, ethics and public confidence in government, as well as the Syracuse mayoral race.

But several advocates I spoke with today said the true test of whether Cuomo is serious about creating a public campaign finance system is if he puts funding for said system in his 2014 - 15 executive budget proposal (assuming, that is, no deal is reached prior to the start of the 2014 session, which, given the Senate GOP's opposition to the idea, seems highly unlikely at this point).

Bill Hammond: «With the state facing its grimmest budget outlook in years, the legislative session shows signs of becoming a tug - of - war between public schools and health care — the two biggest recipients of state spending and, not coincidentally, the two heaviest - hitting lobbying forces Albany.»

It was back to the drawing board for Cutchogue Fire District commissioners Tuesday as they met in a closed session to trim their proposed 2011 budget from $ 1.2 million to $ 1.15 million before a public meeting Thursday at 4:30 p.m..

A budget question and answer session with the public will be held next Monday, Oct. 28 at the Peconic Lane Community Center in Peconic.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signaled today that the contentious issue of mayoral control over New York City public schools — along with several other major policy debates — will «more likely» be decided during the regular legislative session, after the state budget deadline of April 1.

This request was developed under the direction of the Library Board's Budget and Finance Committee pursuant to guidance provided in Resolution 2009 - 34, adopted in public session by the full Board of Trustees on July 16, 2009.

This request was developed under the direction of the Library Board's Budget and Finance Committee pursuant to guidance provided in Resolution 2008 - 31, adopted in public session by the full Board of Trustees on July 17th.

At its special session on September 1st, the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library (B&ECPL) Board of Trustees approved its 2006 budget request to Erie County, announced Board Chair Rebecca Pordum.

«We're not going to pass a budget, we're not going to end this session, without having changed the ethics rules that relate to what people do in terms of outside income — whether it's the level of outside income they have or, more importantly, making sure that people can't use their public office in a way to benefit themselves privately,» Morelle said.

Before adding the $ 5.4 billion Democratic state Rep. Lon Burnam says was cruelly torn from the public education budget in the last session, the...

The city and county are entering into a partnership with Syracuse public television station WCNY to live - stream everything from budget hearings to council and legislative sessions.

This week will be full of both private negotiations and public sessions in Albany, where lawmakers attempt to come to a budget deal while showing significantly divergent takes on key issues - as well as central mechanisms related to the budget and policy.

«Governor Cuomo has demonstrated bold leadership throughout this legislative session and budget process, both in setting forth meaningful public policy solutions to some of our toughest problems and in bringing people together to turn his proposals into reality.

The schedule of meetings of public bodies in Niagara Falls government this week: The City Council will hold a budget review session with representatives of the police and fire departments at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers in City Hall, 745 Main St.. The Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the authority's executive offices, 744 10th...

The Department for Education (DfE) and the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) have set up self - service introductory level public procurement training sessions for school staff with budget or buying responsibility.

«It was just one of those things where there just wasn't enough time and the session broke down,» said Robert Hanle, a budget analyst in the department of public instruction.

The commissioners will have two public work sessions on May 14 and May 30, and a public hearing for area residents to share their thoughts on the budget well be held May 21 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m..

... But Sen. Howard Stephenson, R - Draper, co-chairman of the subcommittee over public education, said it would be more appropriate to conduct the budget review between legislative sessions, «when we have time to delve more deeply.»

As members of the North Carolina General Assembly make their way back to Raleigh this week for the 2015 legislative session, many have education at the top of their agendas — which is no surprise given that the lion's share of the state budget is devoted to public schools.

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) and Department for Education (DfE) have created a set of self - service introductory level public procurement training sessions for school staff with budget or buying responsibility.

From where those additional funds could come is unclear, especially at a time when lawmakers are still embroiled in a budget battle over how much to pay public school teachers — well past the hoped for end - of - session date of late June or early July.

In the June issue, I noted that the outcome for Texas public education in the recently completed regular and special legislative sessions could have been much worse, and this includes the state education budget, but there is much more to be done and said on this issue, and I suspect that all we did in -LSB-...]

Teachers across the state plan to protest cuts to public schools on the first day of the legislature's special session to shore up the budget.

Referencing the budget blow - up in 2015 — when House members walked out of session early, preventing lawmakers from approving an annual budget — Latvala said the Senate should do what it can to ensure public schools have money by the start of next month, even if it's a level of funding the Legislature dislikes.

When Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy addressed a joint session of the Connecticut General Assembly ninety days ago to present his proposed state budget, he called for record cuts to Connecticut's public schools while demanding the legislature increase funding for charter schools by more than 25 percent.

While legislators are going into special session, cities and towns across Connecticut are cutting local public school programs as a result of the inadequate education funding that is part of the state budget that was agreed upon in a deal between Governor Dannel Malloy and Democratic legislators earlier this month.

Spokane Public Schools administrators expect a budget gap for 2011 - ’12 between $ 9 million and $ 12 million, depending on what state lawmakers decide during the ongoing special session.

Hartford, Connecticut — Yesterday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Connecticut's biennial state budget (Public Act 13 - 247), capping off a very successful legislative session for public charter school stuPublic Act 13 - 247), capping off a very successful legislative session for public charter school stupublic charter school students.

The start of the Tennessee legislative session sometimes feels like the movie Groundhog Day, with voucher proponents bringing legislation every year to shift public dollars away from public school budgets and toward private schools.

That's because a law passed last session requires all public schools to adopt digital textbooks by the 2015 - 16 school year and spend 50 percent of their textbook budgets on digital materials.

In a variety of sessions and other interactions with participants, they are addressing key challenges that face new deans and chairs, such as implementing a vision, developing faculty, crafting budgets, engaging in public relations, and using data.

Other issues were more contentious, but ultimately the negotiated budget increased funding to several key areas including: $ 28 million for safety improvements at the state's mental health hospitals; $ 7 million for recruiting new public school teachers and retaining existing ones; $ 190 million from the state's emergency fund to address damages from the last round of wildfires; $ 15 million to expand programs that combat homelessness; and, $ 8 million to backfill tuition cuts made to state colleges and universities during the 2015 session.

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