Sentences with phrase «which local government officials»

The group presented its findings to Santa Barbara County Flood Control just after the Jesusita fire, and their final project report has been sent to Mayor Marty Blum, the Santa Barbara City Council, and County Supervisor Salud Carbajal by way of contributing to discussions in which local government officials are deciding how best to prepare the burn area for the rainy season.

The hearing on Tuesday is part of «tin cup day» at the Capitol, in which local government officials — namely the mayors of the state's largest cities — comment on the proposed state budget.

Not exact matches

He has been making the rounds in Colorado, driving from one small mountain town to the next, meeting with county and local government officials and visiting the facilities in which he hopes to take an ownership stake — so far, two dispensaries and their growing facilities.

Mark Slusher, senior vice president of Thalhimer Realty Partners, which owns the mall with The Rebkee Company, explained the idea behind the proposal at a recent meeting with local government officials.

Mindful that a government which sidesteps its own laws in attacking lawyers and writers who stray from official orthodoxy may also be tempted to ignore local and international legal standards on trade, we should continue to emphasize legal compliance.

KICKICO recently co-organized a cryptocurrency congress in Argentina, which took place from the 6th to the 10th of April in Cordoba and Buenos Aires.The event demonstrated a rapidly growing interest for blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies with a KIKCICO - led group of Russian specialists meeting local students, startups and government officials.

Adam believes it is this visibility which will force accountability and responsibility from elected officials charged with the fiscal decisions of local, city, state and federal government offices.

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

The park district is one of 46 agencies statewide awarded a total of more than $ 16.5 million from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources» Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development program, which helps local governments pay for the purchase and / or development of land for parks and open space, officials said.

According to the report, electoral officials were present at different polling units across the local governments before 8: am, which strengthened the confidence of voters in the process the more.

De Blasio's testimony this morning before a joint legislative budget committee in Albany marked the kick off of what's known as «Tin Cup Day» at the Capitol — typically a day in which mayors and other local government officials from around the state provide their reactions to the governor's budget proposal.

When Cuomo last week proposed reforms to make voting easier in New York state, he left something out: The cost, and how the additional expenses of maintaining early - voting sites would be covered, which worries local government officials.

It seems fairly obvious that Make the Road, which receives millions of dollars from local and state government to provide social services, is siphoning some of that money to an ostensibly independent «Action Fund» in order to campaign for elected officials who will, lo and behold, allocate money to Make the Road.

The Assembly backs the Dream Act, which would extend financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children; the Senate opposes the idea and instead wants to crack down on local governments that refuse to fully cooperate with federal immigration officials.

The governor is placing more emphasis on his plan to freeze property taxes, which is facing widespread resistance from the legislature, local government and school officials, and unions.

The amended bill, which would mandate that the government outline alternative uses for the island, is expected to pass a House committee Thursday, Zeldin said at a news conference in Riverhead with local elected officials and environmentalists.

Even so, stretching budgets for some local governments won't go far enough, which could lead to an increase in officials seeking tax cap overrides next year.

The Florida Constitution Revision Commission advanced a sweeping ethics package, which includes a proposed six - year lobbying ban for former state lawmakers, agency heads and local government officials.

Term limits, which are common at the state and local government level, also often impose de facto age limits, because most very elderly elected officials mandated to be so old by being re-elected many times after being first elected at a much younger age.

Properties that have been deemed abandoned will be registered with the Department of Financial Services, which will be shared with local government officials.

Wikipedia also lists The Phillipines as having terms limits of 3 three - year terms for «all other local government officials,» which I assume includes mayors.

The flat tax cap this year has led school district officials and local government leaders to urge state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reconsider linking the cap to inflation, which has been typically under 2 percent since it was enacted in 2011.

Report such properties to a state registry to be developed by the New York State Department of Financial Services, which will share that information with local government officials

The bill, which would have allowed video lottery terminals, or VLTs, at two Ulster County resorts, was opposed by county officials, local government officials and at least one area business association who feared it could damage the county's chances of securing a much - coveted casino license.

The bill, under which the VLTs would have been operated by the Catskill Regional Off - Track Betting Corp., was opposed at the time by Ulster County leaders and other local government officials because they feared it could damage the county's chances of securing a casino license.

Governor Cuomo is placing more emphasis on his plan to freeze property taxes, which is facing widespread resistance from the legislature, local government and school officials, and unions.

Adesanya said, «We have it on good authority that INEC is recruiting ad hoc (members of) staff from Ojokoro LCDA, which was created out of the Alimosho Local Government Area in Lagos, and we know that the elements working with some INEC officials are closely linked to some of Olusola Oke's supporters in Lagos and Osun states.

The need for the amendment emerged from Borough President Katz's Hurricane Relief Task Force, which brings together multiple local, state and federal government agencies, elected officials and civic leaders to one table to discuss relevant recovery and rebuilding issues.

The main sticking points are proportional representation in local government, the official status of the Welsh language, whether to have a bank holiday on St David's Day, and the extent to which policing powers should be devolved.

The study also determined that local corruption has a less negative effect on industries that sell primarily to the government, suggesting a quid pro quo relationship in which firms pay bribes to public officials with the understanding that they will benefit in some way.

Local officials claim this is proof that the government's environmental preservation efforts have been successful, but recent research by climate scientists suggests a more worrying explanation for rising water levels: not only is climate change thought to be responsible for increased rainfall and snowfall in the area, it has also caused, by some estimates, up to a fifth of the permafrost which covers 80 % of the plateau to melt.

The authors hypothesize that if state and local governments empower parents to choose the schools of their choice, a «spontaneous education order» — a state in which parents seek information about schools and in which schools make available the necessary information without public officials» intentional intervention — will arise.

And in areas in which the federal government lacked either the license or capacity to shape local policy directly, executive branch officials used federally sponsored litigation as a tool to advance reform.

But the Local Government Association, which represents councils in England, highlights official data it says suggests that, overall, council maintained schools out - perform academies.

Having participated and watched government in action at the national, state and local level for more than four decades, I can safely say that I have never, ever, seen an meeting as unbelievably insulting as the «presentation» (PowerPoint and all) that those targeted local school administrators were forced to sit through or the even more incredible way in which public employees responded to a member of the public trying to raise important and legitimate concerns about the very issue that the school officials were summoned to the meeting to discuss.

I've had two stories about libraries published this year, one in Eating My Words, the official anthology of National Flash Fiction Day, and the other in Change The Ending, which used flash fiction to foster positive outcomes for local government — an unusual and inventive use of fiction!

Assignment Recording Fee: A government fee paid to your local recording office, which creates an official record of the deed transfer from the seller to the buyer.

It has been a long and difficult uphill climb by local animal advocates to convince county government officials of the necessity of both an outside group to run the shelter, and the need for a new building to replace the current shelter which is an outdated breeding ground for many problems.

With the help and support of Alley Cat Allies, Cape May was one of the first local governments to implement Trap - Neuter - Return as official policy for outdoor cats — a decision which has proven enormously successful.

An earlier version of the bill had been blocked last year by (surprise, surprise) builders and local government organizations, which had objected to its stringent provisions granting more powers to state officials.

To facilitate this, the government has proposed a crime bill which includes a clause giving local officials more powers to break up «illegal installations that threaten public health, security or tranquillity».

After meeting with government officials and partnering with local business leaders, the company is opening the doors of its new energy - efficient, data - mining center, in which executives have already invested $ 35 million.

The concept for the MHI Urban Design Demonstration Project called for MHI, the national trade association for the manufactured housing industry, to work closely with local government officials, neighborhood groups, and residential developers in bringing this new resource to urban areas, which are suffering from an unprecedented housing affordability crisis.