municipal official

collocation in English

meaningsofmunicipalandofficial

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municipal
adjective
uk
/mjuːˈnɪs.ɪ.pəl/
us
/mjuːˈnɪs.ə.pəl/
of or belonging to a town ...
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official
noun[C]
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
a person who has a position of responsibility in ...
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His father was amunicipalofficialand his mother a tailor.
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Rather than electing a mayor as in a city, the leadingmunicipalofficialwas the reeve of the village.
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The program to inspect, classify, and select among newcomers expanded within a few years, mobilizing public health doctors, police, municipal officials, and national legislators.
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Municipal officials did not accede to these demands, arguing that the union lacked legal standing because it was not properly registered.
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Their duties include approving the budget superintending accounts; acquiring and disposing of municipal property; sanctioning contracts; and appointing and dismissing municipal officials.
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As municipal officials reviewed the list, they slowly began to understand its significance.
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A legislative structure consisting of provincial statutes and policies,municipalofficialplans, and land use control instruments (e.g., subdivision control, zoning by-laws) exists in the province today.
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In contrast to the previous procedure, responsibility for conducting this study is now in the hands of municipal officials, as opposed to the governor.
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Senior government and municipal officials rubbed shoulders with the poor who sought help and relief at these hospitals.
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Because of his communist activity he was fired from the service in bank, later he found a job as amunicipalofficial, after which he worked as a law clerk.
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In contrast to the often hostile attitudes of municipal officials to the state's aguardiente policies, local officials generally supported the state's labour policies.
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Municipal officials may not have the authority, skills or desire to investigate such practices.
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Rather than simply capitulating to municipal officials, judges could hold them to the standards they used to ask for greater regulatory power.
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Instead, municipal officials would determine the degree to which the exercise of private rights was desirable within a zoned city.
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Residentiality was a public right that municipal officials could pro215.
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The arguments for and against the project represented the different perspectives and interests of specific actors - local politicians, municipal officials, leaders of the community, ordinary people turned activists.
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To test these three hypotheses, we analyze survey data collected to assist municipal officials in evaluating the potential to finance capital-intensive projects through higher user fees and property taxes.
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