Sentences with phrase «vote said the agreement»

Most of the residents who spoke before the Oneida County vote said the agreement would ruin local businesses, take 25,000 acres of land from local government forever, and undo years of court victories.

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Xi did not name President - elect Donald Trump by name, nor did he specifically say his comments were directed at the U.S., or for that matter at the U.K., which last year voted to exit EU trade agreements.

«The Committee does not believe it is appropriate to count shares that have not been voted as having been voted in support of any particular alternative,» committee chairman Alex Mandl said in an announcement of the initial agreement.

In an unprecedented move Wednesday, Exxon Mobil shareholders voted in favor of a non-binding proposal that they say will force the company to truly back the Paris climate agreement.

«The Harvey relief would pass on its own, and to use that as a vehicle to get people to vote for a debt ceiling is not appropriate,» he said an interview with The Washington Post, signaling agreement with what Trump's approach on the matter has been.

Kalanick, however, says Benchmark had 14 months to voice its concerns over that agreement and the first mention of the claims that they were defrauded into singing those voting agreements was in the lawsuit Benchmark filed.

In a bid to get Kalanick off the board, Benchmark filed a complaint that said Kalanick defrauded the firm into singing a voting agreement that gave him the right to appoint three new board directors.

On Monday, the Mokena Village Board voted 4 - 3 to reject a compromise annexation agreement because board members said they disliked the Park District's plans for the Yunker Farm property, 115 acres along LaPorte Road just west of Schoolhouse Road.

«Conversations with Park Board members since the vote, as well as a groundswell of community support that is being expressed in favor of the proposed agreement, provide some hope that the park board's decision may be reversed,» Oelman said.

If the agreement is approved by the school board, the Park Board is expected to vote on it at its next meeting in March, Park District Director Charles Balling said.

Board President Daniel Petro, who voted against the agreement, said, «I'd like to limit it to five years without the ability to extend.»

Desjardins said the agreement finally voted on this week was the same one the Park Board offered to the Library Board last summer.

McMahon said there is a tentative agreement with CSEA and a vote is scheduled for early January.

Schumer voted against the North American Free Trade Agreement, and he said since then, his views have become even stronger.

Still, lawmakers Spectrum News spoke to dismissed the concerns stemming from Uber, saying they want to see a bill to vote on, if not an agreement in the budget.

The actual text of the agreement says: «We will whip both Parliamentary parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote», so while it does prevent a PR option in the same question, it doesn't preclude separate questions being asked, such as:

I draw his attention to section 21 of the coalition agreement, which says in respect of the incident to which I think he is referring, that «arrangements will be made to enable Liberal Democrat MPs to abstain in any vote.»

Legislator Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk), who voted against the 2014 budget which included dipping into the fund, said «I am certainly encouraged that there is an agreement, and I think we all need to work together on achieving water quality goals.

Schumer, who announced on Thursday night he would vote against the agreement to limit Iran's nuclear arms reached last month, should actively seek to block the agreement, Cox said.

Assemblyman Bill Nojay (R - Livingston County) said one way for Flanagan — who voted for the gun control measure — to prove he is serious is to refuse to pass any extension of the rent regulation laws without agreement on «meaningful» SAFE Act changes.

Governor Cuomo and Legislative leaders said they hoped to have final agreements on the state budget by evening, and could possibly print bills Tuesday night, to begin voting on Thursday.

The current town supervisor also recently said that the Town Board meeting he convened on 8/26 to re - vote on the PILOT agreement for the Dickerson's Keep Housing Development was a legal meeting.

«There was overwhelming pressure to vote for a project and an agreement that had not been properly vetted,» Miner said.

Legislative leaders in Albany say they hope to have final agreements on the state budget by evening, and print bills Tuesday night, to begin voting on Thursday.

* Senate Independent Democratic Conference (IDC): The IDC which is aligned with the GOP, said it would not vote for a budget without a raise the age agreement.

This vote will take the form of a resolution in both houses of parliament and will cover both the withdrawal agreement and the terms for our future relationship,» Davis said.

A Senate Republican spokesman said Tuesday as many as seven bills are ready to go and could be voted on today by the Legislature, calling it a «conceptual» agreement.

Syracuse Republican Sen. John DeFrancisco on Wednesday said it's impossible to know when the bill language on this week's «framework» agreement will be ready to be voted on by state lawmakers.

In a blistering address, the former PM also said the Tories were alienating business and called for MPs to be given a free vote on the Brexit agreement that Theresa May reaches.

Malloy said he doesn't know if McDonald has enough votes to win approval of the Senate, where Democrats and Republicans negotiated a power - sharing agreement two years ago.

In his written statement this morning (see 9.07 am) David Davis, the Brexit secretary, said that ministers would not use the powers in the EU withdrawal bill to implement the Brexit withdrawal agreement by order (ie, secondary legislation) until parliament has voted to back the agreement.

Governor Cuomo and Legislative leaders say they hope to have final agreements on the state budget by evening, and could possibly print bills Tuesday night, to begin voting on Thursday.

State Senator Diane Savino, the bill's sponsor, said Thursday that she was encouraged that Cuomo has begun talks over the bill's future, and said she was hopeful the legislative leaders could reach a three - way agreement by Monday next week, in time to get bills printed so they can be voted on by the end of the legislative session.

The Saugerties Town Board voted 4 - 1 to take half off litigious senior housing developer Steve Aaron's tax payments, but Supervisor Kelly Myers is refusing to sign the agreement because she says the town can't afford to lose the tax revenue.

While her peers have also relayed their skepticism, Parker said that some officials — particularly Republican legislators — have felt pressure from administration officials of Republican County Executive Rob Astorino, who initially announced a deal with Standard in 2015, to vote in favor of the agreement.

After the repeated postponement of the agreement's deadline, which was set back twice after different iterations were introduced, Parker said that she expects herself and the rest of her colleagues on the Board of Legislators to take a final vote on the acceptance of the agreement by May 2.

The agreement to push ahead with the policy came as a surprise to both the public and the commissioners on the board, who said just days ago that they didn't expect to vote on the policy at Thursday's meeting.

Machinists International President Tom Buffenbarger, who forced the issue to a vote over the objections of local union leaders, said in a statement that «the impact of this agreement extends far beyond IAM members who voted today.

«The proposed delegation would make it crystal clear the Port Authority is serious about creating the condition for rapid progress with respect to labor relations and about opening a real window of opportunity, during which progress can culminate, if at all possible, through committed good - faith bargaining and executed labor agreements that benefit our workers, this agency and the public,» Cotton said before the vote.

«I did not vote for that agreement in 2016 because I was concerned that, in fact, the burden was going to be placed on the taxpayer,» said Catherine Parker.

We are simply to look at it and by consensus or voting approve of the agreement,» he said.

The agreement, ratified by AFSCME members in a 618 - 308 vote and approved by the County Legislature on Thursday, offers raises in exchange for new employees paying 15 percent of a lower - cost health insurance plan, Canazzi said.

The Coalition Agreement said that pending reform of the Lords «appointments will be made with the objective of creating a second chamber that is reflective of the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election».

«After hearing what we heard tonight, there's no way we could move forward and vote on this agreement,» Trustee Bob Ryan said.

New York's Junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she will support what she calls an imperfect deal while New York's Senior statesman Chuck Schumer is splitting with democrats and will vote against the agreement.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders say they hope to have final agreements on the state budget by Tuesday evening, and could possibly print bills Tuesday night, to begin voting on Thursday.

Republicans, including House Minority Leader Themis Klarides of Derby, say they'll vote no on the agreement.

David Cameron has won agreement for a vote on the future president of the European Commission, No 10 has said.

«With this budget agreement, once again this City Council has proven itself to be a champion for all New Yorkers in all five boroughs,» said Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, at Tuesday's vote.

«It's a matter of economic justice, it makes sense and will help our entire state do much better for its citizens,» said Brown, who announced the deal — expected to be voted on as soon as Thursday — as New York's lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried to hammer out a similar agreement under a looming deadline for a finalized state budget.