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Salary increases for city employees issued in fiscal year (FY) 2010 may have largely contributed to the almost $3.8 million budget deficit Margate taxpayers now face in 2011. While the rest of America was tightening their belts, city officials in Margate approved salary increases despite having the knowledge and foresight at hand to plan for the recession ahead. While ad valorem taxes in the city had already begun spiraling downward, city salaries and matching costs (benefits) paid for by Margate taxpayers increased by almost $750,000 last year. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article449.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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Other than changes regarding the wording and scope of various articles within their respective union contracts, issues regarding step pay and overtime rose to the top of third-round union negotiations with the Federation of Public Employees (FPE) and International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 3080 Monday at Margate City Hall. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article443.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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Margate�s Northwest Focal Point Senior Center has received $26,000 from the federal Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program (EHEAP) to pay the seasonal electric bills of seniors 60 and older whose electricity FPL has threatened to shut off. This is the second year in a row that the center�s annual amount from EHEAP has increased significantly. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article448.asp [linkclose]Read more...[/linkend] __________________________________________
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In response to calls and emails from residents regarding damage to their tires caused by the broken curb on the southwest corner of Royal Palm Boulevard and State Road 7, MargateNews.net asked Margate Public Works head, Sam May, if the town is responsible for repairing the curb � and resident�s tires. May said the curb is the responsibility of the state and that residents with tire damage might consider calling FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation). [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article447.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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Vice President of the Atlantic Palms condominium association announced to city commissioners and the public last Wednesday that their association will pay the city for water, garbage and utility bills owed over the past year. �Once we get this number you�ll be paid in full,� Chamely Toro told city officials. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article445.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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What used to be a 16-acre nine-hole golf course in the back yard of the Palm Lakes Condominiums just west of the Publix on Atlantic Boulevard is unusable in many respects. The property is plagued with arsenic, the weeds are a foot high and the current owner refuses to maintain it. �I�m really coming to beg, borrow and steal,� said Palm Lakes representative, Judy McKeone. �I need to bring some answers back to the people [residents].� [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article446.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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Confirming fears of some Margate city officials, the Northwest Broward Raiders youth football team might not "play by the rules." A source once close to the league in which the Raiders play told MargateNews.net that the organization has ethics problems, whereas kids and their families are paid to play for the team and parents and coaches wager on games. �Coaches bet $4,000 on last year�s championship,� said the source. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article444.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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Salary increases for city employees issued in fiscal year (FY) 2010 may have largely contributed to the almost $3.8 million budget deficit Margate taxpayers now face in 2011. While the rest of America was tightening their belts, city officials in Margate approved salary increases despite having the knowledge and foresight at hand to plan for the recession ahead. While ad valorem taxes in the city had already begun spiraling downward, city salaries and matching costs (benefits) paid for by Margate taxpayers increased by almost $750,000 last year. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article449.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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Other than changes regarding the wording and scope of various articles within their respective union contracts, issues regarding step pay and overtime rose to the top of third-round union negotiations with the Federation of Public Employees (FPE) and International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 3080 Monday at Margate City Hall. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article443.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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Margate�s Northwest Focal Point Senior Center has received $26,000 from the federal Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program (EHEAP) to pay the seasonal electric bills of seniors 60 and older whose electricity FPL has threatened to shut off. This is the second year in a row that the center�s annual amount from EHEAP has increased significantly. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article448.asp [linkclose]Read more...[/linkend] __________________________________________
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In response to calls and emails from residents regarding damage to their tires caused by the broken curb on the southwest corner of Royal Palm Boulevard and State Road 7, MargateNews.net asked Margate Public Works head, Sam May, if the town is responsible for repairing the curb � and resident�s tires. May said the curb is the responsibility of the state and that residents with tire damage might consider calling FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation). [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article447.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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Vice President of the Atlantic Palms condominium association announced to city commissioners and the public last Wednesday that their association will pay the city for water, garbage and utility bills owed over the past year. �Once we get this number you�ll be paid in full,� Chamely Toro told city officials. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article445.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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What used to be a 16-acre nine-hole golf course in the back yard of the Palm Lakes Condominiums just west of the Publix on Atlantic Boulevard is unusable in many respects. The property is plagued with arsenic, the weeds are a foot high and the current owner refuses to maintain it. �I�m really coming to beg, borrow and steal,� said Palm Lakes representative, Judy McKeone. �I need to bring some answers back to the people [residents].� [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article446.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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Confirming fears of some Margate city officials, the Northwest Broward Raiders youth football team might not "play by the rules." A source once close to the league in which the Raiders play told MargateNews.net that the organization has ethics problems, whereas kids and their families are paid to play for the team and parents and coaches wager on games. �Coaches bet $4,000 on last year�s championship,� said the source. [linkstart href=http://www.margatenews.net/margatenews/news/articles/article444.asp [linkclose]Read more�[/linkend] __________________________________________
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Copyright 2008 Cassius Group Inc.
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