Streaming Audio of the 06/15/09 Piqua City Commission Meeting
Note: Apparently the folks in charge of the APTA broadcast that evening had not anticipated such a long meeting. At 1:29:22 in the meeting and as Bill Vogt was making his closing comments, the APTA programming feed was botched for about 48 seconds. Since this MP3 was encoded from their live feed (rather than a rebroadcast where they may have fixed the problem), it contains the APTA programming glitch. We’re just letting you know because:
- you may want to fast forward through that section of the glitch.
- there is still another 9 or so minutes of commission meeting audio after the glitch.
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Streaming Audio of the 06/01/09 Piqua City Commission Meeting
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Streaming Audio of the 05/18/09 Piqua City Commission Meeting
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Streaming Audio of the 05/04/09 Piqua City Commission Meeting
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“Provincial Thinking Equals Lost Funding” by Terry Wright
Provincial Thinking Equals Lost Funding
By Terry D. Wright
In the May 14, 2009 edition of the Dayton Daily News, the Opinion page (A18) published two thought provoking articles:
“Joint Effort Could Turn Down Cost of Lights”
“Education Without Politics? Not This time”
Both articles emphasize the need for cities to use regionalism in their approach to secure the most equitable financing. The first article emphasizes the possibilities of communities banning together to create leverage through negotiations to bring down street lighting costs. This article points out that “the Miami Valley Cable Council already acts as an agent for Englewood and seven other cities to negotiate cable rates, those communities also use the council to negotiate the rates for street lighting. Then a host of other cities usually follow with copycat contracts, and generally accept the same rates that were agreed to in the council’s talks with Miami Valley Lighting.” Without regional negotiations the result is that municipalities are not happy because street lighting rates vary throughout the state.
The article concerning Ohio’s education examines U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s visit to the Buckeye State in discussions over school reform financing. A possible coalition is examined concerning “needy Midwestern states that might apply for a big education challenge grant together – say Ohio, Michigan and Indiana (where Republican Mitch Daniels is governor).” The article points out that those three states were battleground states that went for Obama in 2008. Again, regional negotiating for funding is seen as a definite advantage.
Locally, we have already discovered how a regional approach could have benefited Piqua in applying for federal stimulus funds.
Ohio Consumers' Counsel Press Releases and Updates
- Consumers' Corner - January / February 2012 February 10, 2012
- Vectren customers to see natural gas rates fall following auction February 1, 2012
- AEP power plant closing costs disallowed January 18, 2012
- Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel Governing Board narrows list of candidates to lead agency January 18, 2012
- OCC reminding consumers telephone companies may raise Lifeline rates; AT&T Ohio rates to increase for all customers January 3, 2012
- New fact sheet: Ohio American Water - Proposed water/sewer rate increase December 28, 2011
City of Ashland, Oregon
- Firewise Commission - 02/15/2012 - February Firewise Commisison Meeting Agenda February 15, 2012February 15, 2012 Meeting Agenda
- Planning Commission - 02/14/2012 - AGENDA Planning Commission Agenda February 14, 2012
- Forest Lands Commission - 02/14/2012 - February Forest Lands Commission Agenda Agenda February 14, 2012
- Parks & Recreation Commission - 02/13/2012 - Parks Commission Study Session Agenda Agenda February 13, 2012
- Transportation Commission - 02/09/2012 - Joint TC/PC Meeting Agenda February 9, 2012
- Tree Commission - 02/09/2012 - February Agenda Agenda February 9, 2012
- Historic Commission - 02/08/2012 - Historic Commission Agenda Agenda February 8, 2012
- Homelessness Steering Committee ad hoc - 02/08/2012 - Homelessness Steering Committee ad hoc Regular Meeting Agenda February 8, 2012
- City Council - 02/07/2012 - Regular Meeting AGENDA Agenda February 7, 2012
- City Council - 02/06/2012 - Study Session Agenda Agenda February 6, 2012
