«The original contract provides for an additional year of
service at no cost to the taxpayers,» he said of CG - 3PL's $ 4 million pact, which has already been fully paid.
After all, they are performing a valuable
service at no cost to the taxpayer.
Not exact matches
When factoring in debt
service costs that would be required
at the current jail and Sheriff's Office facilities for necessary maintenance, the total annual
cost savings for
taxpayers equate
to $ 5.4 million annually for the new facility.
«We need
to start consolidating
services either with the county or the private sector looking
at ways
to cut
costs within the city government
to save the
taxpayers money.»
These proposals are grouped, starting with the most urgently needed
to prevent future library closings, and progressing through a series of
service restorations that will allow the downsized Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System
to meet continued high public demand for
service at a
cost that would still be down
to approximately what the
taxpayers provided in 1999.
Kearns, a former Democratic assemblyman elected on the Republican line last fall, said he has identified a way
to add Saturday
services and expand hours of operation
at no
cost to the
taxpayer.
There is one overriding question that we ask in every meeting with every person in County government: What is the most efficient,
cost - effective way
to deliver
services at the lowest
cost to you, the
taxpayer.
The proposals are designed
to be as
cost - effective as possible and, if all were approved, the leaner Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System will be better equipped
to meet continued high public demand for
service at a
cost that would still be LESS THAN THE
TAXPAYERS PROVIDED IN THE YEAR 2000!
The budget funds essential
services at a minimal
cost to taxpayers, while honoring the County Legislature's law mandating a $ 10 million payment be made
to reduce the deficit.
Additionally shelters that respond
to homeless animals are generally operated by municipalities
at taxpayer expense; spay / neuter programs that prevent unwanted litters usually are not; these
services are opened by nonprofit organizations one
at a time, and due
to local
costs (rent, etc.), some must charge rates that are out of range for many low - income homes
to pay.
When private organizations get involved with public animal shelters, private donations can often be leveraged
to increase
services at no extra
cost to taxpayers.
Meanwhile, these four types of damage caused by the problem are getting worse: (1)
to the population in that there are many thousands of people whose lives have been damaged for lack of legal
services; (2)
to the courts in that they are being clogged, as judges have warned, by high percentages of self - represented litigants, because their cases move much more slowly than those that have lawyers; (3)
to the legal profession in that it is shrinking and is predicted
to have a very negative future of contracting and of law firms failing; and, (4)
to legal aid organizations because it is politically very unwise for governments
to fund them better with
taxpayers» money,
to enable them
to provide free legal
services to more poor people, while the majority of the
taxpayers can not obtain legal
services for themselves
at reasonable
cost.