Posts Tagged ‘Budget’
HR, IT & Finance March 21
McLean said growth rates continue to look positive, 3.6% growth from now till June, oil prices continue to be a concern, housing sector is still weak. They are looking to see if there are disruptions from the Japanese earthquake, 160,000 work for Japanese companies in the Great Lake states, they are seeing some short term disruptions. [...]
Toledo City Council March 22
Items before City Council. The one unexpected item was the proposed increase in the trash fee. Appointments - Youth Development Steering Committee 20 were Confirmed by all present Resolution - Recognize the Chuck Ealey Undefeated Spirit Award and Mentoring Program Adopted by all present Designate Mulberry St. between Moore and Yates as [...]
House adjusts SB5
Testimony ended before the Ohio House on Senate Bill 5, with reports that some of the language will be changed. It's not yet known if the changes will create a scenario where a joint House-Senate conference committee would be necessary though it appears some in the Ohio House are trying to avoid that. Recommended article in the Columbus [...]
ODP: Mandel Can’t Keep Budget Promises
COLUMBUS – Today, the Ohio Democratic Party responded to Treasurer Josh Mandel’s promise of “advocating for fiscal conservatism in our state budget.” This promise was laid out in an e-mail to his supporters last week. “How will Josh keep his promise of ‘advocating for fiscal conservatism in our state budget’ when John Kasich’s [...]
Revenue projections in Toledo up
The city of Toledo finance department today announced its updated 2011 income tax revenue projections. After receiving $144.6 million in 2010, Toledo is expected to generate $146.9, an increase of $2.3 million over 2010 and up $1.4 million from initial projections made in October 2010. “These income tax figures reflect our belief that we [...]
Ohio Budget
Media on the budget that was released today: Columbus Dispatch: Local governments would see a cut of 25 percent per year and state colleges and universities would be limited to 3.5-percent tuition increases under Gov. John Kasich's new two-year budget. That move would cost counties, municipalities and townships $167.1 million the first [...]
Budget that is easy to hate
Still no specifics on the budget that is set to be revealed on Tuesday, but more speculation -- this Columbus Dispatch article as an example: Gov. John Kasich's first budget will roil the Ohio landscape on Tuesday, especially the public, nonprofit and private entities that count on the state's largesse. The salad days are over. Ohio is in [...]
Referrals like “Go Fish”
Councilwoman Paula Hicks-Hudson asked for: Provide a breakdown of costs directly related to the daily operations of the Division of Solid Waste. Do not include such costs as payment for the new trucks and carts. The response? Please see attached 2011 Proposed Budget. The costs for repayment of the trucks/carts are not included in the [...]
Toledo’s health care usage
In answer to referrals by Councilmen George Sarantou and D. Michael Collins, on health care usage the City of Toledo supplied the below information, the power point presentation is a detailed look at the health care usage and costs, down to providing how many inpatient days, which hospitals and information on conditions hospitalized for. [...]
Columbus city workers approve new 3-year pact
With all of the recent discussion on salaries and benefits for public workers, I thought this article from the Columbus Dispatch on the recent pact approved by Columbus' largest union, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1632, may be of interest to some of you from a dollars standpoint as well as the attitude being [...]