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Yearly Archives: 2015

Here’s something to shake you out of a nice summer nap: it is virtually certain that beginning in 2016, local governments will have to pay time-and-one-half overtime premium pay to some employees who now earn a straight salary regardless of how many extra hours they work. If a proposed new federal rule goes into effect – as it likely will – nobody paid less than $50,440 will be exempt from the overtime requirement of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Here’s something to shake you out of a nice summer nap: it is virtually certain that beginning in 2016, local governments will have to pay time-and-one-half overtime premium pay to some employees who now earn a straight salary regardless of how many extra hours they work. If a proposed new federal rule goes into effect – as it likely will – nobody paid less than $50,440 will be exempt from the overtime requirement of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Dale Linquent is a resident of Carolina Village. He has lived in three different apartments in as many years and each time has left an outstanding utility balance on his account. This year the village board adopted a new water ordinance specifying that an applicant will not be able to open a new account with the utility if he/she owes any outstanding delinquencies on a water account.

Dale Linquent is a resident of Carolina Village. He has lived in three different apartments in as many years and each time has left an outstanding utility balance on his account. This year the village board adopted a new water ordinance specifying that an applicant will not be able to open a new account with the utility if he/she owes any outstanding delinquencies on a water account.

Local governments are free to purchase property at any tax foreclosure auction, be it one of their own or one initiated by another government.  This often occurs by default when a local government enters an initial bid at the amount of taxes and costs owed on the property and no other parties offer bids.  Or it can occur intentionally when a local government wants to purchase the property being sold and successfully outbids another party.

Local governments are free to purchase property at any tax foreclosure auction, be it one of their own or one initiated by another government.  This often occurs by default when a local government enters an initial bid at the amount of taxes and costs owed on the property and no other parties offer bids.  Or it can occur intentionally when a local government wants to purchase the property being sold and successfully outbids another party.