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Excel is life.According to The Wall Street Journal:
“The Key to a Good-Paying Job is… Microsoft Excel?”
Speaker Survey
For each speaker, complete a survey using the URL in the email sent by your TA before the start of the next class OR LOSE 5 POINTS
Budget Differences•Onondaga County Budget is nearly 5 times as big as the Syracuse City Budget
• 2016-2017 City of Syracuse Budget• $288,636,000 city budget
• 2017 Onondaga County Budget• $1,291,149,000 county budget
County Organization•3,434 employees•93 departments & agencies•8 unions•$350 million payroll (salary & fringe)•17 member Legislature
Cities, Towns and Villages•Syracuse City•19 Towns•15 Villages
•What is the difference between a town and a village?
County Human Service Mandates
•County administers and co-funds:• Medicaid• Public Assistance• Food Stamps• Child Welfare (including foster care and
adoptions)• Juvenile Delinquent Care• Pre-K education for Special Children• Public Health programs• Mental Health programs
Broad Range of Services Example--County Criminal Justice Services
• Direct police protection--Sheriff• Jail for inmates prior to trial• Defense of accused--Legal aid• Prosecution of accused—District Attorney
• Court facilities• Penitentiary for those convicted• Probation for those released
Municipal Services• Parks
-Including a zoo and stadium
• Highway Maintenance• Police• Central Library• Planning
Nicholas J. Pirro
• Onondaga County Executive (1988 – 2008)
• President of the New York State Association of Counties (2000 – 2001)
• President- NP Associates, LLC
Major Accomplishments• Onondaga Community College• Gifford’s Zoo• City of Syracuse/County of Onondaga Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission
• Onondaga County Public Library System• Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant upgrade
Community Involvement •Mental Health Association•Scouting for Food•Success by 6•The Americanization League•Central New York SPCA
SPCA• Executive Director of the
SPCA, holding the job as a volunteer
• Requested the audit of the SPCA that led to discovery of near $500,000 in theft
Info for cnyspca can be found at CNYSPCA.org
For Next Class• Please complete 9.1A and B on following topic:• Topic: Hold Syracuse University tuition increases to the rate of inflation.
• Print and bring to class or LOSE 5 POINTS!!!
•Complete speaker survey by 12:45 on Wednesday or LOSE 5 POINTS!!!