Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Hurtigbåt during lupen – Namdalsavisa

NAMSOS: – The current tender for the operation of fast ferry valid until the end of 2017. It is natural to consider the future provision in this regard, said function manager for communications, Terje Skrattalsrud.

Transport Administration has prepared an internal memorandum on fast communications Leka-Rørvik-Namsos.

The County Council has not yet taken a position on this.



– Natural review

County Council for Transport, Tor Erik Jensen, is however clear that the county council will go through fast communications since the tender expires in 31 December 2017.

According to the agreement the possibility of a two-year contract extension that took effect from 1 January 2010.

– It is natural to take a thorough review on the offer. If there are better option than the current, is impossible to predict now, says Jensen.

There are FosenNamsos Marine AS, which operates the route on behalf of the county.

The county spends about 20 million on offer. As in other areas considered costs relative to the benefits of the offer.



Fewer travelers

There are fewer traveling with Foldafjord since the boat was adopted in 2010.

In 2012, a total of 34,277 passengers. In 2013 the number was reduced to 31 806 passengers, ie a decrease of 7.2 percent. The reduction was greatest in November and December with 19 percent fewer travelers.

The decline continued in 2014 – with 15,976 passengers from 16,342 passengers in the first half of 2013.

Today’s traffic, however slight against the good years after new Namdalingen was adopted.

The top year was 2003 all over 48,607 passengers. When NA discussed developments in an article in 2008, 2005 was described as a trough year with “only” 43,729 that solved ticket.



From sea to land

Transport Administration follows the development happens.

– We see a clear transfer of traffic from sea to land. this has been a clear trend since 2007, says adviser Day Ystad.

They are prepared to go into detail on this in connection with the tender period expires.

– Can it be necessary to replace speedboat with other public transport?

– That I can not answer, but it is natural to look at what options may be available.

Anyway, there will be a thorough and transparent process before taking a position on something. The relevant authorities will be involved in this, says Ystad.

It was a comprehensive process for making decisions about the purchase of new speedboat and the signing of the contract was made.

Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions would be reduced, including reduced speed.

– In retrospect, we see that the reports and decisions about Foldafjord stand strongly believes Ystad.

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Monday, November 10, 2014

You do not miss all the way from Vinterbrosenteret to Sweden – petty Avis

According to the CEO Thorleif Haug in Østfold Toll Company can probably run bomfritt on E18 through Østfold since 2020.

The barriers that NPRA will have Follo comes earliest in place in 2023, ie when the E18 is ready to Vinterbrosenteret.

Thus it is at best a slip in two or three years where only barrier you have to pass the ring around Oslo.

Should politicians in Follo say no to new toll collection is this pause even longer.

Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s goal is to collect 2.5 billion of a total of 5 billion to this patch.

It also includes all new cross on Vinterbrosenteret to concatenate the E18, E6 and local roads. For this reason, one toll booth stand there and take the money also from E6 traffic.

How many stations are looking at E18 in Follo, is far from settled. According to a memo struggling Road Administration with a major dilemma:

Are the rates too high at E18, increases traffic on secondary roads running parallel to the new road. Therefore, it probably drives also on side roads.

If the rates for low, is it not enough money. The cost to run new highway can be between 70 and 150 respectively.

E18 in Oslo will be built completed in 2017.

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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Will cut cancer treatment and school – The future of the North

In a working document that Future in the North have had access, suggest Councilman Ellen Beate Lundberg cutting position as an oncology nurse from the next budget year.

Cancer Nurse was also proposed to be removed at this year’s budget, and the administration and politicians faced a storm of protests from the population.

A majority of the council turned it to end, and screened the position.



Education and Health

But the alderman proposes to accelerate the closure of Skibotndalen middle school with effect from autumn 2015, and thus a reduction of 3.2 teaching positions and 20 percent secretarial resource.

Also in the arts would alderman cutting by taking down half position from next year, and type of note that the arts are mandated in the Education Act, but not the amount of the offer should be.

Public health nurses offer will alderman cut by maintaining a 50 percent position vacant.

In the central administration removed NOK 135 000 of a total of 300 000 from HMS related measures.



Nothing definite

Councilman Ellen Beate Lundberg denies that cuts both cancer nurse, health visitor, culture and embed middle school next year’s final proposal will be presented to politicians.

– The chief officer’s proposed budget will be ready by Thursday this week. These measures are thought of, but not decided and taken, she writes in an SMS to Future North.

Lundberg points out that it still lacks several million dollars to achieve budget balance in Storfjord economy, it is because of declining revenues (tax and license sales).

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Saturday, November 8, 2014

Tingrettene so pressured that they fear failure – online newspaper

Processing time for lay judge issues the first half of 2014:

Upper Romerike District Court: 4.9 months

Northern Vestfold District Court: 4.7 months

East Finnmark District Court: 4.7 months

Nordhordaland District Court: 4.5 months

Jæren District Court: 4.4 months

Follo District Court: 4 months

Tønsberg District Court: 4 months

Bergen County Court: 3.8 months

Drammen District Court: 3.7 months

Gurgaon District Court: 3 , 7 months

Sogn district court: 3.7 months

Lower Romerike District Court: 3.5 months

Alta District Court: 3.2 months

Aust-Telemark District Court: 3.2 months

Sarpsborg District Court: 3.2 months

Aust-Agder County Court: 3.1 months

Fredrikstad District Court: 3.1 months

Oslo District Court: 3.1 months

Sandefjord district court: 3 months

Senja District Court: 3 months

Fosen District Court: 2.9 months

Inntrøndelag District Court: 2.8 months

Ofoten District: 2.8 months

South Gudbrandsdal district court: 2, 8 months

Asker and Bærum District Court: 2.7 months

Haugaland District Court: 2.7 months

Lower Telemark District Court: 2.7 months

Nord-Gudbrandsdal District Court: 2.7 months

Salten District Court: 2.7 months

Sør-Trøndelag District Court: 2.7 months

Vesterålen district court: 2.7 months

Lofoten County Court: 2.6 months

Sunnhordaland District Court: 2.6 months

Heggen and Frøland District Court: 2.5 months

Inner Finnmark District Court: 2.5 months

Trondenes District: 2.5 months

Namdalingen District Court: 2.4 months

Rana District Court: 2.4 months

Brønnøysunds District Court: 2.3 months

Glåmdal District Court: 2.3 months

Larvik District Court: 2.3 months

Lister District Court: 2.3 months

Nord-Troms District Court: 2.3 months

southern Sunnmøre District Court: 2.3 months

Fjordane County Court: 2.2 months

Halden District Court: 2.2 months

Hammerfest District Court: 2.2 months

Moss District Court: 2.2 months

Ringerike District Court: 2.2 months

Stavanger District Court: 2.2 months

Hardanger District Court: 2.1 months

Kongsberg District Court: 2.1 months

Alstahaugvågen district court: 2 months

Nordfjord district court: 2 months

West Telemark District Court: 2 months

Kristiansand District Court: 1.9 months

Sunnmøre District Court: 1.9 months

Hallingdal District Court: 1.8 months

Romsdal District Court: 1.8 months

Northern District Court Møre: 1.7 months

Hedmarken District Court: 1.6 months

Spokes, Modum and Sigdal District Court: 1.4

Valdres district court: 1.4 months

Northern District Court Østerdal: 1.1 months

Southern District Court Østerdal 1,1, months

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Friday, November 7, 2014

Do outskirts affected anyway – Drive

– The property tax is nevertheless not enough. I fear further centralization in Nesset and are afraid that it’s going proposal to wind up living community in Vistdal already at budget meeting in December, says Mellvin Steinsvoll (Ap).

The municipal council in Nesset adopted Thursday a decision in principle that says to introduce property tax on all permanent housing in the community from March 1 next year. Labor group would have a suggestion saying that the introduction of property tax assumes that current services for residents will be maintained as long as there is no basis for it. The proposal received nine votes and fell.

– This item is not worth anything. It is in the nature that we introduce property tax because revenues decline, said Mayor Hurlen.

The drive says the mayor that he and several of his perceived Labour Party voting as they in principle agree that it is introduced property tax .

Mellvin Steinsvoll mean residents will see that they have nothing left for it if they have to pay property taxes. The drive he says that the membership meeting of the Party was stressed that it was essential to get to this point as a decision.

– The consequence of not having to this point is that there are the fringes in the municipality matter will suffer when money is insufficient. For it they’re not going to do even if it is introduced property tax. I know that already they have been aerated tanks with the alderman to propose the closure of the living community in Vistdal already at the next budget meeting. I fear a further centralization, says Steinsvoll.

Several representatives expressed the view that it was with a heavy heart they voted for the property tax.

– It is sort of sad. We have a vast municipality but the working group has been at work does not come with suggestions enables us to avoid property tax without coming Robeks list. It is unfair to have to pay taxes for something you’ve built myself, but I do not think we have any other choice. All municipalities bordering us have introduced the tax, said Magne Bugge (H).

Centre Party Edmund Morewood meant nor that the property tax is something to cheer for. It was party trap Kari P. Øverås which submitted the proposal which was adopted by 12 votes to 9.

Meeting minutes of the case looks like this:

Note from the Chief Financial Officer dated 30.10.14 for clarification of paragraph 1 of the chief officer’s recommendation was distributed to meeting participants iPad 03.11. 2014.

Kari Petrine F. Øverås requested group meeting with the Centre Right and the Christian Democratic Party.

The Center promoted chief officer’s original proposal, the corrected paragraph 1

1. Nesset municipality property tax on all real properties throughout the municipality for property tax Act § 3 a. It conducted a general valuation of all taxable properties, including the previously assessed work and use, see. Esktl. § 8 A-3, second paragraph.

2. When printing property tax on homes use a tax asset base. All other properties are valued by an expert committee that determines the rates on the basis of proposals from “adding surveying men.”

3. As a competent tribunal, according to property tax law § 8, A-3, fourth paragraph, appointed the members of the current rate range for property: Håkon Nauste, Jan Red and Oddbjørg Øverås, with deputies.

4. Discharge comes from the year 2015.

Labor requested that it was done to try reconciliation.

The result of prøveavstemmingen were as follows:

Chairman’s proposal, with the corrected paragraph 1 got 6 votes.

The Centre Party’s proposal received 12 votes.

Labor requested group meeting.

It was made final vote on the proposals.

Chairman’s proposal, with the corrected paragraph 1 got 9 votes and fell.

The Centre Party’s proposal was adopted by 12 votes:

1. Nesset municipality property tax on all real properties throughout the municipality for property tax Act § 3 a. It conducted a general valuation of all taxable properties, including the previously assessed work and use, see. Esktl. § 8 A-3, second paragraph.

2. When printing property tax on homes use a tax asset base. All other properties are valued by an expert committee that determines the rates on the basis of proposals from “adding surveying men.”

3. As a competent tribunal, according to property tax law § 8, A-3, fourth paragraph, appointed the members of the current rate range for property: Håkon Nauste, Jan Red and Oddbjørg Øverås, with deputies.

4. Discharge comes from the year 2015.

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Tingrettene so pressured that they fear failure – Rome Blad

Upper Romerike District Court: 4.9 months

Northern Vestfold District Court: 4.7 months

East Finnmark District Court: 4.7 months

Nordhordaland District Court: 4.5 months

Jæren District Court: 4.4 months

Follo District Court: 4 months

Tønsberg District Court: 4 months

Bergen County Court: 3.8 months

Drammen District Court: 3.7 months

Gurgaon District Court: 3.7 months

Sogn district court: 3.7 months

Lower Romerike District Court: 3.5 months

Alta District Court: 3.2 months

Aust-Telemark District Court: 3.2 months

Sarpsborg District Court: 3.2 months

Aust-Agder County Court: 3.1 months

Fredrikstad District Court: 3.1 months

Oslo District Court: 3.1 months

Sandefjord district court: 3 months

Senja District Court: 3 months

Fosen District Court: 2.9 months

Inntrøndelag District Court: 2.8 months

Ofoten District: 2.8 months

Southern District Court Gudbrandsdal: 2.8 months

Asker and Bærum District Court: 2.7 months

Haugaland District Court: 2.7 months

Lower Telemark District Court: 2.7 months

Nord-Gudbrandsdal District Court: 2.7 months

Salten District Court: 2.7 months

Sør-Trøndelag District Court: 2.7 months

Vesterålen district court: 2.7 months

Lofoten County Court: 2.6 months

Sunnhordaland District Court: 2.6 months

Heggen and Frøland District Court: 2.5 months

Inner Finnmark District Court: 2.5 months

Trondenes District: 2.5 months

Namdalingen District Court : 2.4 months

Rana District Court: 2.4 months

Brønnøysunds District Court: 2.3 months

Glåmdal District Court: 2.3 months

Larvik District Court: 2.3 months

Lister District Court: 2.3 months

Nord-Troms District Court: 2.3 months

southern Sunnmøre District Court: 2.3 months

Fjordane County Court: 2.2 months

Halden District Court: 2.2 months

Hammerfest District Court: 2.2 months

Moss District Court: 2.2 months

Ringerike District Court: 2.2 months

Stavanger District Court: 2.2 months

Hardanger District Court: 2.1 months

Kongsberg District Court: 2.1 months

Alstahaugvågen district court: 2 months

Nordfjord district court: 2 months

Veste Telemark District Court: 2 months

Kristiansand District Court: 1.9 months

Sunnmøre District Court: 1.9 months

Hallingdal District Court: 1.8 months

Romsdal District Court: 1.8 months

Northern District Court Møre: 1.7 months

Hedmarken District Court: 1.6 months

Spokes, Modum and Sigdal District Court: 1.4

Valdres district court: 1.4 months

Northern District Court Østerdal: 1.1 months

South Østerdal District Court: 1 , 1 months

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Ap-Raymond wants property tax in Oslo – VG

There can be introduced property taxes in Oslo Oslo where Ap and Governing Mayor candidate Raymond Johansen wins local elections next year. It will then frame more than 50,000 homes in the capital.

According to the VG information is the program in Oslo Ap about to land a proposal to tax both residential and commercial properties in Oslo – but will exclude homes is worth less than four million.

The owner of a home in Oslo with the appraised value of just over nine million dollars, could be levied a property tax in 6717 dollars, according to an internal memo regarding property that Oslo Labor has prepared.

The program does not want public debate about the proposal before they can view the Oslo voters what they want to spend the extra tax revenue to receive VG illuminated.

– In Process

– This is the process. The program investigates this by direct request of the annual meeting. They are not finished yet, but will conclude by the end of next week. Raymond Johansen’re unable to comment now writes his advisor Marte Ingul in a text message to VG Tuesday afternoon.

Nor Oslo Labor Party leader Jan Bøhler will comment on the VG information:

– I understand that this should be the program to decide next week. Oslo Aps program meeting shall adopt municipal program 21st and 22nd, Bohler said.



Removed in 1998

The bourgeois parties in Oslo removed the property tax in 1998, after the won the local elections in 1995.

Since more and more Norwegian municipalities – including Bergen – introduced property tax, so it is now about 350 municipalities that collects property taxes, based on different models. By no means all require the property of their homeowners, some taxing only commercial, what in law is called “mills and factories”.



Reintroduced in Bergen

The Conservative-led council in Bergen removed property tax in 2012, but will – according to its budget proposal for 2015 – re-introduce the tax from January.

Bergen municipality will provide a basic allowance of 500,000 kroner for each dwelling unit, and from this calculate the property tax with tax rate of 2 5 per thousand.

Oslo Labor has held internal hearings, where both models have been tested on local teams and the program believe that they have solid support for the property tax, and is now approaching a conclusion. After that VG knowledge, believes the party strategists that such a proposal will now encounter less resistance than before:

** A number of economists have recommended that politicians increasingly taxes assets such as housing.

** How Labor strategists in Oslo reads voters, the harsh debate on wealth autumn shown that there is broad public mood that the richest can not escape tax burdens.

** Property tax does not based on people’s income, but in a rate of tax of the property that would normally be about 80 per cent of property value.

Lost more choices

Opponents, however, mean that it is impossible for Oslo AP to win elections if they take up the discussion on property taxes. They show that labor in the capital has lost many choices in a row because people feared property taxes.

With a basic allowance of four million, this means that every other property owner in Oslo release tax. Average market value of a home in Oslo is barely under four million, according Aps separate report.

Before the local elections in 2011 guaranteed challengers Labor and SV that they were going to introduce property tax in the capital for four-year period, but they still lost the election to the Conservative Party and the socialist bloc.

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