Local Government Committee | League of Women Voters of Buffalo-Niagara

Local Government Committee

The Local Government Committee encourages citizen participation and transparency in local government:

Monitor local government budgets
- identify inequities and opportunities for better budget management (cost, quality, efficiency and citizen input)
- Advocate for a fairer distribution of the Erie County sales tax
- Support of criteria for intergovernmental relationships
- Support of IDA (Industrial Development Agencies) reform

Education on sustainable regional land use planning
- Education on the costs of sprawl
- Education on municipal fragmentation
- Review of progress to address vacant property in city
- Support of local policies which combat climate change