About the death of democracy in his country. Hello there good morning its thursday the 25th of june youre watching r. T. International where on the 11 oclock am in the russian capital. Voting is underway in russia one amendments to the countrys constitution the package includes more than 100. 00 provisions some of which they have been widely criticized today both online and early voting begins all leading up to next wednesdays general vote but it has more to. 7 days a vote now underway across russia across 7000 polling stations set up for this vote and you know Vladimir Putin he never misses an opportunity to remind everyone how the world this year. How quickly its changing and how important are these for russia to stay ahead of the curve these obviously these changes of what the government of visions is paving the path for russia to stay ahead of that curve. Tell you how important how much is at stake here the fact that theyre holding them now just as russia begins to emerge from the
The adjustment is necessary because the current service fees do not adequately recoup the city's costs of providing certain services, city officials said.
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“We have identified the full business cost of providing service to your customers,” Johnson said. As a business, you will not stay in business very long if you don’t know this information.
In some instances, the city may choose to subsidize services, such as recreation programs, while seeking full recovery of costs of others, such as for development, he added.
“These costs are occurring; the question now is who’s going to pay for these services the person receiving the services or the taxpayer. These are your only options,” Johnson said.
Laurie Tamura from Urban Planning Concepts expressed concern about possible fee hikes, noting that the City Council previously chose to keep fees low to foster development, which would benefit city coffers eventually.