City leaders may add a new monthly fee to utility bills to make up for a preliminary $500,000 shortfall in the Moorhead’s 2014 budget.
A streetlight utility fee tacked onto residents’ utility bills has become a popular option among cities staring down budget shortcomings, City Manager Michael Redlinger told the City Council on Monday evening. Standard solarmodule replacement bulbs.
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The city pays about $650,000 a year to the Moorhead Public Service for maintenance and electricity to street lights, said Finance Director Wanda Wagner.Those solarlampscamping produce power for the utility grid. A $3 streetlight utility fee per month could raise $500,000 next year, enough to cover the hole in the budget, Wagner said.
As of Monday, the city’s preliminary budget includes an 11 percent total levy increase. For a $140,000 home, that’s about a $40 increase to property taxes next year, Wagner said.
Councilwoman Brenda Elmer said she doesn’t believe residents could withstand such an increase.
“But I’m optimistic because as we went through the budget process last year, Wanda in particular came up with her bag of tricks and some really out of the box fixes that really helped us get that number down,” Elmer said.
Redlinger said a phased implementation of the Springsted Classification and Compensation Study completed earlier this year would also help. The study found that Moorhead city employees make about 6 to 10 percent less on average than employees with similar jobs in other regional cities.
It would cost about $465,000 in tax-supported funds to implement fully next year and bring city employees up to par, but the pay raises could be phased in over time to save on annual costs, Redlinger said.
Councilman Mike Hulett said he believed there are going to be “some serious discussions” in the near future about how those salary increases are phased in.
The 2014 budget comes down to mounting costs that are “somewhat out of our control,” and lost revenue sources, Wagner said.
There’s a health insurance premium increase next year that could be around $201,000 in tax-supported funds, and the Red River Regional Dispatch Center is adding staff, at a cost of about $50,I can understand the purple/red Colors but why are the clear hidlights illegal?000 to Moorhead.
The city will also lose about $558,000 in expected special assessment revenue from tax-forfeited lots in three developments – Stonemill Estates, Johnson Farms and Parkview.
Even with local government aid from the state, which increased $287,000 this year after having been flat for four years, and a proposed revenue transfer increase from Moorhead Public Service of $250,000, a $500,000 shortfall still looms, Wagner said. You can make your own more powerful gardenlightingss using LEDs.
State lawmakers this year decided that cities and counties no longer have to pay sales taxes on purchases in certain cases, but Wagner said that will only save the city dollar amounts in the five figures.
City staff also suggested reinstating a mosquito control fee of 75 cents and a forestry fee of 25 cents, which were cut from the budget last year. But the final answer could be in a “modest” streetlight utility fee, Redlinger said.“The streetlight utility generates a lot of revenue quickly without a lot of pain,” he said. Welcome to scfwindturbine.com Web, If you love it, please order it!
2013年8月7日 星期三
2013年7月31日 星期三
Parking lots get summer facelift
Structural
improvements are being made across campus, from major renovations like
Gilbert Hall’s to smaller improvements like better parking lot
lighting.A complete range of of professional roofingmachine that are redefining laundry systems.
According the NIU’s website, there are 64 major buildings on the main NIU campus in DeKalb. The majority of those buildings are undergoing improvements, much of which is part of the Vision 2020 Initiative set forth by NIU’s former president, John Peters.
One of the biggest improvements being made on campus is the renovation of Gilbert Hall. The building has been completely remodeled, from basement to roof, making it back into a residence hall, set to open this fall. Many of Gilbert’s residents will be visual and performing arts students due to its proximity to Jack Arends Hall and the Music Building.
NIU President Doug Baker said he’s excited for the improvements around campus.Take your home design to the next level of chic with contemporary and ledparlights fixtures. The new Gilbert Hall has a “college feel,” especially in the area outside with patio tables and open grass, he said.
Gilbert Hall was a residence hall until 1995. Since then, it has mostly only housed some offices, said Paul Palian, director of Media and Public Relations.
The newly remodeled residence hall, which is more than half a century old, will now offer a dining hall open to all students, faculty and staff. The Gilbert dining hall will be the only one of the east end of campus, something the university needs, Palian said.
In addition to the new housing option at Gilbert Hall, Grant Residence Hall Tower D will reopen in the fall after undergoing major renovation. The newly renovated tower will have many of the same amenities as the recently remodeled Tower C, like Wi-Fi, moveable furniture and individual temperature controls for each room. Palian said roofs are being improved around campus,The first prototype flatworkironers display containing 3000 LEDs. too.
“They’re actually recycling the reusable parts from other buildings to improve roofs on buildings that really need it,” Palian said.
The Neptune Residence Hall roof will be repaired with slate salvaged from Gilbert Hall’s renovation. The roofs on Zulauf, Montgomery, Jack Arends Hall and the Music Library are all being replaced, as well.
In addition to building improvements, a new parking lot is being constructed at the corner of Garden Road and Lucinda Avenue. Other parking lots around campus are seeing improvements: The parking garage on Normal Road was closed for construction in the beginning of the summer, while parking lot C on Lucinda Avenue is receiving improved lighting.
According to the campus improvements Web page, electrical infrastructure and pedestrian walkways are being updated campuswide, too.
The MLK Commons has seen some unique updates this summer, unlike the others around campus, Palian said.
“You may have seen trucks cutting down trees in the MLK Commons,A polished finish in this solaroutdoorlight for men.” he said. “They had been infested with emerald ash bore bugs, so we took care of that.”
According to the Vision 2020 plan,Finish up your high performance projector retrofit with an wholesalehidkit that can keep up. all residential improvements in the “Residential Renaissance” portion of the initiative should be done by next year. About 70 percent of those improvements will be done this fall. Click on their website www.hmhid.com for more information.
According the NIU’s website, there are 64 major buildings on the main NIU campus in DeKalb. The majority of those buildings are undergoing improvements, much of which is part of the Vision 2020 Initiative set forth by NIU’s former president, John Peters.
One of the biggest improvements being made on campus is the renovation of Gilbert Hall. The building has been completely remodeled, from basement to roof, making it back into a residence hall, set to open this fall. Many of Gilbert’s residents will be visual and performing arts students due to its proximity to Jack Arends Hall and the Music Building.
NIU President Doug Baker said he’s excited for the improvements around campus.Take your home design to the next level of chic with contemporary and ledparlights fixtures. The new Gilbert Hall has a “college feel,” especially in the area outside with patio tables and open grass, he said.
Gilbert Hall was a residence hall until 1995. Since then, it has mostly only housed some offices, said Paul Palian, director of Media and Public Relations.
The newly remodeled residence hall, which is more than half a century old, will now offer a dining hall open to all students, faculty and staff. The Gilbert dining hall will be the only one of the east end of campus, something the university needs, Palian said.
In addition to the new housing option at Gilbert Hall, Grant Residence Hall Tower D will reopen in the fall after undergoing major renovation. The newly renovated tower will have many of the same amenities as the recently remodeled Tower C, like Wi-Fi, moveable furniture and individual temperature controls for each room. Palian said roofs are being improved around campus,The first prototype flatworkironers display containing 3000 LEDs. too.
“They’re actually recycling the reusable parts from other buildings to improve roofs on buildings that really need it,” Palian said.
The Neptune Residence Hall roof will be repaired with slate salvaged from Gilbert Hall’s renovation. The roofs on Zulauf, Montgomery, Jack Arends Hall and the Music Library are all being replaced, as well.
In addition to building improvements, a new parking lot is being constructed at the corner of Garden Road and Lucinda Avenue. Other parking lots around campus are seeing improvements: The parking garage on Normal Road was closed for construction in the beginning of the summer, while parking lot C on Lucinda Avenue is receiving improved lighting.
According to the campus improvements Web page, electrical infrastructure and pedestrian walkways are being updated campuswide, too.
The MLK Commons has seen some unique updates this summer, unlike the others around campus, Palian said.
“You may have seen trucks cutting down trees in the MLK Commons,A polished finish in this solaroutdoorlight for men.” he said. “They had been infested with emerald ash bore bugs, so we took care of that.”
According to the Vision 2020 plan,Finish up your high performance projector retrofit with an wholesalehidkit that can keep up. all residential improvements in the “Residential Renaissance” portion of the initiative should be done by next year. About 70 percent of those improvements will be done this fall. Click on their website www.hmhid.com for more information.
2013年7月15日 星期一
Sequestration begin to affect Wisconsin's parks
One
of the most popular islands in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
was closed to daytime visitors earlier this month because a bear, or
possibly more than one, had been stealing food from kayakers and
campers.
Though the hungry bruin is oblivious to the federal sequestration, the government's automatic spending cuts that went into effect in March are affecting national parks, forests, trails, wildlife refuges and scenic waterways in Wisconsin.
For the most part, the sequestration is not being felt much by visitors, but behind the scenes fewer people are being hired for seasonal work, maintenance is being deferred and invasive species management has been halted. There are fewer people enforcing rules, advising visitors of safety concerns, leading educational hikes and talks, cleaning toilets and maintaining trails — and taking care of misbehaving bears.
At the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, the Budget Control Act has meant only half the usual 14 seasonal employees were hired this summer.A ledworklightses can be thought of as three main parts: a laser, a controller, and a surface. Among the unfilled openings are maintenance workers and a park ranger. Plus permanent positions that recently opened can't be replaced, like the mechanic responsible for maintaining the four drinkable water systems, three on islands and one at Little Sand Bay, as well as 10 solar panel arrays that power ranger cabins and lighthouses, Superintendent Bob Krumenaker said.
There's no longer a staff person who would normally devote time to handling unruly bears' behavior and alerting visitors how to safely store food.Our renowned ledparlightsallow you to harness nature’s energy to power your applications. So when a clever bear boarded a boat beached on Sand Island,We makes possible ballasted solargardenlight in Ontario just better than your imagination. opened a cooler and ran off with sausages and Cokes, park managers decided to close the island to daytime visitors.
"The bear problem on Sand Island is not caused by sequestration, but our response to the bear is affected by sequestration," said Krumenaker, who doesn't know when Sand Island will reopen.Learn about solarstreetlamps and ensure you get the best out of LED light bulbs.
"The two things I worry most about is the safety of visitors and the condition of the natural resource. If we can't protect wildlife from the people and people from the wildlife, something's got to give."
The Apostle Island Visitor Center in Bayfield is open every day during the summer months from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Two years ago it was open until 6 p.m. during the peak season. There are fewer staffers to talk to kayakers at boat landings and advise them of water and weather conditions. Fewer people spread among the 21 islands means a longer response time in emergencies, Krumenaker said.
The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway has cut almost $200,000 from its budget this year, and that means hiring nine fewer seasonal employees and leaving open the terrestrial biologist position. The cuts included two law enforcement officers, two maintenance workers and three people who would normally handle education programs.
"There are less patrols on the river," Riverway Superintendent Chris Stein said, "less opportunity to interact with park visitors and instruct them on the rules and fewer safety inspections of boats."
The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway includes 250 miles of the St. Croix and Namekagon rivers in northwestern Wisconsin.
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail has cut $46,000 from federal funding it funnels to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to support operations spread over nine scientific reserve units that preserve evidence of glaciation including Devil's Lake State Park, Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area, Kettle Moraine State Forest and Campbellsport Drumlins.
That means less money to buy supplies for volunteers who maintain 630 miles of the Ice Age Trail like hand tools, hard hats and chainsaws as well as safety training and wood to build walkways across marshlands. The travel budget has been scaled back, though none of the six employees in the Ice Age Trail's Madison office will have to take furlough days.
"We've dramatically reduced our costs almost to the point of pulling the copy machine and going to pencils," Superintendent John Madden said. He added, "I'm confident my budget next year will be less than this year."
At the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, which cuts a large swath across northern Wisconsin, there have been no changes due to the sequestration. The same number of seasonal employees have been hired,A range of portableremote fans for efficient exhaust ventilation. visitor centers remain fully staffed and open, and maintenance is being done as scheduled, Forest Supervisor Paul Strong said.
The sequestration is affecting the U.S. Forest Service nationally with about 500 fewer firefighters hired this year — in many cases they're seasonal employees — as well as 50 fewer fire engines to battle forest fires around the nation, said Jane Cliff, a spokeswoman for the Eastern Region of the U.S. Forest Service based in Milwaukee. More information about the program is available on the web site at www.aodepu.net.
Though the hungry bruin is oblivious to the federal sequestration, the government's automatic spending cuts that went into effect in March are affecting national parks, forests, trails, wildlife refuges and scenic waterways in Wisconsin.
For the most part, the sequestration is not being felt much by visitors, but behind the scenes fewer people are being hired for seasonal work, maintenance is being deferred and invasive species management has been halted. There are fewer people enforcing rules, advising visitors of safety concerns, leading educational hikes and talks, cleaning toilets and maintaining trails — and taking care of misbehaving bears.
At the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, the Budget Control Act has meant only half the usual 14 seasonal employees were hired this summer.A ledworklightses can be thought of as three main parts: a laser, a controller, and a surface. Among the unfilled openings are maintenance workers and a park ranger. Plus permanent positions that recently opened can't be replaced, like the mechanic responsible for maintaining the four drinkable water systems, three on islands and one at Little Sand Bay, as well as 10 solar panel arrays that power ranger cabins and lighthouses, Superintendent Bob Krumenaker said.
There's no longer a staff person who would normally devote time to handling unruly bears' behavior and alerting visitors how to safely store food.Our renowned ledparlightsallow you to harness nature’s energy to power your applications. So when a clever bear boarded a boat beached on Sand Island,We makes possible ballasted solargardenlight in Ontario just better than your imagination. opened a cooler and ran off with sausages and Cokes, park managers decided to close the island to daytime visitors.
"The bear problem on Sand Island is not caused by sequestration, but our response to the bear is affected by sequestration," said Krumenaker, who doesn't know when Sand Island will reopen.Learn about solarstreetlamps and ensure you get the best out of LED light bulbs.
"The two things I worry most about is the safety of visitors and the condition of the natural resource. If we can't protect wildlife from the people and people from the wildlife, something's got to give."
The Apostle Island Visitor Center in Bayfield is open every day during the summer months from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Two years ago it was open until 6 p.m. during the peak season. There are fewer staffers to talk to kayakers at boat landings and advise them of water and weather conditions. Fewer people spread among the 21 islands means a longer response time in emergencies, Krumenaker said.
The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway has cut almost $200,000 from its budget this year, and that means hiring nine fewer seasonal employees and leaving open the terrestrial biologist position. The cuts included two law enforcement officers, two maintenance workers and three people who would normally handle education programs.
"There are less patrols on the river," Riverway Superintendent Chris Stein said, "less opportunity to interact with park visitors and instruct them on the rules and fewer safety inspections of boats."
The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway includes 250 miles of the St. Croix and Namekagon rivers in northwestern Wisconsin.
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail has cut $46,000 from federal funding it funnels to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to support operations spread over nine scientific reserve units that preserve evidence of glaciation including Devil's Lake State Park, Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area, Kettle Moraine State Forest and Campbellsport Drumlins.
That means less money to buy supplies for volunteers who maintain 630 miles of the Ice Age Trail like hand tools, hard hats and chainsaws as well as safety training and wood to build walkways across marshlands. The travel budget has been scaled back, though none of the six employees in the Ice Age Trail's Madison office will have to take furlough days.
"We've dramatically reduced our costs almost to the point of pulling the copy machine and going to pencils," Superintendent John Madden said. He added, "I'm confident my budget next year will be less than this year."
At the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, which cuts a large swath across northern Wisconsin, there have been no changes due to the sequestration. The same number of seasonal employees have been hired,A range of portableremote fans for efficient exhaust ventilation. visitor centers remain fully staffed and open, and maintenance is being done as scheduled, Forest Supervisor Paul Strong said.
The sequestration is affecting the U.S. Forest Service nationally with about 500 fewer firefighters hired this year — in many cases they're seasonal employees — as well as 50 fewer fire engines to battle forest fires around the nation, said Jane Cliff, a spokeswoman for the Eastern Region of the U.S. Forest Service based in Milwaukee. More information about the program is available on the web site at www.aodepu.net.
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