Sentences with phrase «reducing local costs»

Washington — Last week, nearly six months after the Agriculture Department proposed, then withdrew, its controversial regulations for reducing local costs in the National School Lunch Program, it proposed new regulations, also designed to lower costs and increase flexibility for schools.

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Their commitment to domestic manufacturing is more than feel - good philosophy — the company's wares are big and bulky (read: expensive to ship), and, since 95 % of its business is in North America, the reduced logistics expenses of local production offset any premiums on labour costs.

I disagree completely, and not just because transferring bad debt from local governments to the central government, while undoubtedly reducing the probability of a legal default, does not in the slightest way address the cost of resolving the bad debt.

Attract more local visitors while reducing advertising costs?

The company helps private fleets, for - hire carriers and third party logistics companies of all sizes surpass compliance of federal, state, and local regulations and streamline processes to reduce costs and mitigate risks.

Rob and Gerald, if giving the customer broccoli would reduce the overall cost of doing business, your local fast food place may see it as a good thing.

With the upgraded Signature metal detector, food manufacturers can boost productivity, competitiveness and also reduce production costs while meeting local and global food safety standards, including British Retail Consortium (BRC), International Food Standard (IFS) and Food Safety Systems Certification (FSSC) 22000.

They are done by approved certifying organizations located all over the world; local organizations are used to reduce costs to the producers.

Endress + Hauser specialises in innovative hygiene products to increase productivity and reduce costs for global and local food producers in the food industry.

Cayuga Marketing LLC — a collective of dairy farmers in the Finger Lakes Region, NY — decided to construct their local processing plant to reduce their milk - hauling costs while also greatly reducing transport emissions and carbon footprint as a result of the shorter transportation distances involved.

Aldi has been even more successful in Australia, as local consumers become more frugal and seek to reduce the cost of their weekly grocery shop.

While many families in this area move east of the tunnel to attend better public schools, Berkeley Rose Waldorf School can meet their children's educational needs at an affordable tuition cost and reduce the relocation of local families away from their current neighborhoods and homes.

House Republicans initiated the block - grant proposals under the Personal Responsibility Act to return control of the schools and curriculum to the local level, cut costs and reduce federal bureaucracy, said Kristin Woltemuth, a legislative assistant to Rep. Harris Fawell (R., Naperville) a member of the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.

The authors were discussing the idea that eating local food reduces your CO2 output and pointed out that the primary CO2 cost of food was the production, not transporting it to the end user.

If you can purchase that widget more cheaply in Texas or Taiwan, work with your local supplier to reduce their costs and / or boost quality, just as some automakers have done in the United States.

The tax program is designed to encourage local governments to find ways to cut costs which, in the long run, could lead to reduced tax increases.

In the speech, for the Conservative Councillors» Seminar in central London, Mr Osborne stressed that a Conservative government would learn from local councils how to reduce administration costs in order to focus resources on public services.

Cuomo in a question - and - answer session with reporters after his speech said he would commit about $ 500 million to the shared services effort and, without naming Astorino, said a hypothetical county executive hasn't convened local government leaders to take necessary stops to reduce costs.

In a statement, Miner called the report — which sought to find ways of reducing the cost and size of local governments — «an enormous disappointment.»

The Team, chaired by Senior Advisor to the Governor Larry Schwartz, includes representatives from private industry, education, labor, and government and look for ways to reduce the costs of mandated programs, identify mandates that are ineffective and outdated, and determine how school districts and local governments can have greater ability to control expenses.

It will cut the costs of healthcare for state and local government employees by 75 percent or more, radically reducing the biggest single factor driving up the costs of government.

While Medicaid represents the single largest cost to Erie County, more than $ 211.7 million this year alone — the local share of more than $ 1 billion annually — prior administrations failed to take significant action to help reduce this burden on local taxpayers.

«While Medicaid represents the single largest cost to Erie County, at more than $ 211 million this year alone, prior administrations have failed to take significant action to help reduce this burden on local taxpayers,» said Poloncarz.

adoption of a real property tax cap, as advocated by Governor Paterson, coupled with significant mandate reform and local government consolidations - actions that would reduce the enormous size and cost of local government, and the state's crippling real property tax burden.

To a large extent, state fiscal policies have caused great pressure on property taxes in needy cities, counties and school districts, including decisions: to reduce revenue sharing; to decrease the share of local school budgets covered by state aid, to divide the non-federal share of Medicaid costs without considering ability to pay, and to allocate STAR benefits... (read more)

The Team, chaired by Senior Advisor to the Governor Larry Schwartz, will include representatives from private industry, education, labor, and government and look for ways to reduce the costs of mandated programs, identify mandates that are ineffective and outdated, and determine how school districts and local governments can have greater ability to control expenses.

Meanwhile, the governor continues to look to local governments to reduce spending and help lower property taxes, but Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says she's concerned about how much Cuomo's agenda will cost.

He suggested the public were often misled by stories about «cash - strapped» councils but said there was much more local authorities could do to «reduce costs, cut council tax and better serve their local residents».

A policy that requires all dogs to be permanently identified would ensure that many more strays are returned home, reducing both the number of dogs destroyed and costs for Local Authorities.

We believe compulsory microchipping will help reduce the burden on animal welfare charities such as Dogs Trust, who have a centre in Bridgend, and reduce the cost to local authorities of kennelling.

Dog wardens are already equipped with micro chip readers and therefore we believe that enforcement would not result in significant additional costs to the local authority, indeed we believe considerable cost savings would be made through reducing the need for kennelling.

It will facilitate local internet traffic to reduce band cost and, eventually, prices of data.

Vanderhoef will also be seeking to layoff 150 county workers, save $ 1.8 million by not reimbursing out - of - county students at the community college, cut the intelligence task force from the police budget, kick $ 1.4 million in local election costs back to towns, reduce funding to contract agencies by $ 300,000 this year and over $ 500,000 next year, and install a new charge on your motor vehicle registration.

The Pataki - McCall Commission recommended a freeze on property taxes for two years to help home owners and to incentivize local governments to reduce costs.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A plan by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reduce local government costs with the overall goal to lower property taxes has been met with question marks by state legislative leaders.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wants local governments to cut costs and share services to reduce burdensome property taxes for New York state residents.

«State and local deductions are bedrock middle - class deductions that help steady the cost of many middle - class families living in New York and should not be eliminated or even reduced so people making millions of dollars a year can catch a tax break of their own,» Schumer said.

«As someone who has served in local government before being elected to the Senate, I know from firsthand experience that Dutchess County has gone above and beyond to improve efficiency, cut spending and share services to reduce costs,» said Senator Sue Serino.

Cuomo has long sought to reduce the cost and scope of local governments, which he claims is a top driver of property taxes in the state.

Cuomo is backing the «Empire State Equity Act» which would be aimed at reducing property tax relief, namely having counties agree to lower local property taxes by the equal amount of which the state reduces the local share of Medicaid costs.

«The property tax remains the most burdensome tax in New York and by challenging local governments to collaborate and create a plan to streamline operations for voter approval, this game - changing initiative will empower communities, cut costs, and reduce property taxes on Long Island and across New York,» Cuomo said.

At the same time, local governments that have high fixed costs will have trouble reducing expenses given the lack of discretion spending.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement Friday praised Broome County Executive Jason Garnar for taking up an effort to find cost savings on the local level in order to reduce property taxes.

Our Karen DeWitt asked the Assembly leader if he was in favor of the «pension smoothing» plan outlined by the governor that will allow local governments to lock in a rate now to reduce current payments while defering a portion of the costs down the road.

A plan by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reduce local government costs with the overall goal to lower property taxes has been met with question marks by state legislative leaders.

1649 - Home Office - The Home Office and Department for Communities and Local Government will move into one building in 2014 as part of continuing work to reduce costs.

Every council is required by law to have a local child poverty strategy, and the good news is that reducing child poverty benefits everyone by cutting the costs to local authority services and boosting the local economy through improved skills and qualifications for school leavers.

Over the next four years many disabled people will see a reduction in the overall value of their benefits, as well as specific reductions in the levels of housing benefit; unemployment benefit; the loss of disability living allowance (DLA), which contributes towards the - often significant - extra costs of living as a disabled person; as well as reduced access to social care services as a consequence of local government funding cuts.

«For years the small business community, municipal officials, and taxpayers have travelled this state pushing «Let NY Work,» a common sense platform of mandate relief proposals that will reduce mandated costs on school districts and municipalities, allowing local governments to live within their means while providing the services citizens need.

At the same time, local governments have recently suggested language that would allow for reducing the cost Medicaid spending, but there's no indication that measure has been included in the final measure.