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The combining of two or more actions at alw; or a number of Acts of Parliament into one organized decree
-consolidation loans |
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| Sales Tax Revenue Distribution |
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| sales tax imposed on a city and distributed among different parts of the state's counties, cities, school systems, etc |
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| An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system; the basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society, such as transportation and communications systems, water and power lines, and public institutions including schools, post offices, and prisions |
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-bid: conducts daily searches to find new gov bids and contracts and other government solicitation and procurement notices as they become available
-no-bid: known as a "sole source contract" which means that there is only one person or company that can provide the contractual services needed, so any attempt to obtain bids would only result in that person or company bidding on it |
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one who guides or directs a course of action for others
-PILOT program for a proposed sel-storage business to open near the Home Depot |
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| To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city; to add or attach, as an attribute, condition, or consequence |
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| to divide again into districts, especially to give new boundaries to administrative or election districts |
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| a special-purpose district or other governmental jurisdiction that provides public utilities (such as electricity, natural gas, sewage treatment, waste collection/management, wholesale telecommunications, water) to district residents. Local residents may vote to establish amunicipal utility district, which is represented by a board of directors elected by constituents. As governmental bodies, they are usually nonprofit. |
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| an independent organization or other body is one that controls its own finances and operations, rather than being controlled by someone else. Independent countries and states are not ruled by other countries, but have their own government. |
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| the practice of drawing two incomes from the government, usually by holding a government job and receiving a pension, as for prior military service; collecting two paychecks |
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Common Council
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1. a president and 9 members
2. 4 at large councilors (4 year terms) and 5 district councilors (2 year terms). |
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| Piece of legislation must be approved by the mayor to be enacted, if not, then the council has 30 days to reconsider their offer. after 30 days, if two-thirds of the common council approves it the law is official |
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| 5 major departments of the city government |
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1.Police
-Chief of Police: Frank Fowler
-function: protect lives and property, maintain security, enforce laws
2. Fire
-Chief Paul Linnertz
-function: provide fire protection, emergency medical servce, hazardous materials protection
3. Neighborhood and Business development
-Deputy Commissioner: Stephanie Pasqule
-target and revitalize commercial corridors and business districts that are in vision with the neighborhood around them
4. Assessment
-Commissioner: David Clifford
-role: assess each of the City's properties and used to compute annual taxes
5. Management and Budget
-Director: Mary Vossler
-prepares and administers the annual budget and a six-year capital program |
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Onondaga County legislators
-amount of members
-how they're elected
-length of term
-President
-Floor Leaders |
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-17 members
-elected by a district of each county
-each member has 2 year term
-Ryan Mahon (r)
-Patrick Kilmartin (R) and Linda Ervin (D) |
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budget process of OC
-four components of the budget document |
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| - 1. policy orientation, financial planning, operational focus, and effective communications |
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budget process of OC
-Ways and means committee |
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-group of five that propose a budget for each department
-get clarity on this |
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| 3 documents that relate to budget process and what they are |
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1. annual budget: an operating budget that lists revenues and appropriations for the county government
2. capital improvement plan: a six-year document that has the proposed capital improvement and the projected costs. has info about capital planning process
3. onondaga community college annual budget: has revenues and appropriations associated with the college |
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| structure of OC goverment |
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| has one city, 19 towns, and 15 villages |
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| major departments of OC (include function and main person) |
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1. Sheriff's office
-Kevin Walsh
-divided into three parts: civil, custody, police
2. Department of INfo Tech
-Deputy Chief: Michele Clark
-mission: support info processing and communications systems so they can serve the community well
3. Transportation
-Commissioner: Brian Donnelly
-mission: make travelling as a safe and convenient as possible, work with managerial engineering dept
4. Finance Dept: attempts to control OC's financial operations, make tax rates along w help from state laws, conduct sale and maintenance of county bonds |
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| diff between a village and a town |
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-village: smaller, has a mayor, a board of trustees (4) under the mayor - elected every 2 years
-ex. Liverpool
-town: bigger, has a supervisor, deputy supervisor, and 3 counselors (under them - have 4 years as opposed to 2)
-Cicero |
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Syracuse Mayor
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-Stephanie Miner - Democrat
-runs day to day work, represents city to state leg, fed gov, etc, approve/disporves city ordinances, etc |
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Syracuse Common Council President
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-Van B Robinson -Democrat
-serves as a tiebreaker, signs ordinances the council chooses to adopt, then presented to the mayor by the city clerk |
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Syracuse Common Council Majority Leader
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-Kathleen Joy Democrat
-mixed with the pres and minority, get clarity |
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Syracuse Common Council Majority Leader
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| -Bob Dougherty - Republican |
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OC Executive
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-Joane Mahoney - Republican
-manages county government, formulates county policy, develops budget, approves/vetos, |
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OC Legislature Chairman
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-Ryan McMahon, Rep
-legislature is chief policy-making body |
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OC Legislature Republican Floor Leader
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-responsibilites |
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OC Legislature Democratic Floor Leader
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