Issue of the Week
Do you plan on supporting your local school district's budget?
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The 56 Nassau County school districts have their annual school budget vote on Tuesday, May 21st. Do you plan on voting "Yes" for your local school district's budget?
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Your Ideas for a Better, More Efficient Government
Audit Special Districts
Submitted by royrambarran on Wed, 11/07/2012 - 19:42|
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Kate Murray approved the budget that raised Sanitation District 6 taxes more than 15% in one year alone with no audit or independent accounting. This law would require all special districts to have their proposed budgets audited by an independent company prior to submitting for Town approval.
Transparency
Submitted by fprocacci on Wed, 09/12/2012 - 07:58|
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This suggestion applies to all local governments.
Residents should have access to basic data about their local governments at all times.
Nassau County should publish all budgetary data for all Special Districts, Towns, Villages, School Districts, etc online. The data should not just be raw numbers but should be summarized so it is easy for residents to read.
For example each budget report should show the tax levy over the last 10 year period, and the break down into major categories like salaries, healthcare, pension, reserves used, etc.
Partially Paid Fire Departments to keep better control on costs
Submitted by tabhauser on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 15:15|
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Why is it that school districts have this annual fight for budgets that people can vote for, yet the fire departments can just come in and say what they need without the vote or outside oversight?
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