About Us
We Provide Solutions Focusing on Improving Local Government Finances, Operations & Stakeholder Engagement
Our Vison & Mission
Our vision and mission is to enrich governments at the local level, one community at a time.
We work hard every day to provide superior quality financial and operational consulting services to the public jurisdictions we serve. Thoughtful strategic planning and stakeholder engagement is about changing the future, not acclimating to it.
About Us
Local Government Solutions LLC was founded in 2019 as a limited liability company under the laws of New York State and is registered with both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
LGS was founded to fulfill the unmet needs of public jurisdictions by providing expert assistance in both the issuance of debt obligations and the strategic implementation of government efficiency strategies. LGS assists its clients to strategically bridge the sometimes misunderstood and often blurred gap that exists between operations and finance.
James is a Managing Director and Principal of LGS. He has over 15 years of financial management experience, having worked in both the public and private sectors. Prior to founding LGS, James spent 10 years as a Municipal Advisor, primarily in the Hudson Valley Region of New York. While in this role, he concurrently provided operational consulting services to a variety of public jurisdictions across the Northeast.
Mr. Nytko has served as financial advisor to wide variety of issuers including counties, cities, city improvement authorities, towns, villages, school districts, and fire districts. Mr. Nytko has been involved in the issuance of hundreds of bond, note and lease financings with a total par well exceeding $5 billion.
Having developed comprehensive long-term fiscal improvement plans, James specializes in strategic planning, policy development and economic analysis. In addition, he is proficient in identifying and submitting applications for grant funding opportunities. In addition, James has served as financial advisor to wide variety of issuers including counties, cities, city improvement authorities, towns, villages, school districts, and fire districts.
James is a graduate of Marist College and holds both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (concentration in finance) and a Master of Public Administration from the college. In 2016, he was formally recognized for his commitment to professional excellence and competence by the Government Finance Officers’ Association (GFOA), which awarded him a Certificate of Professional Development in Public Finance. As a member of the GFOA he has presented to association members on “Best Practices in Debt Management” and “Investment of Public Funds by Local Governments in New York State”.
Mr. Nytko is licensed by the MSRB and SEC as a Registered Municipal Advisor. He holds both his Series 50 and Series 54 licenses.
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