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Pasadena City Council Unanimously Approves $835.9 Million Budget
COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 20, NO. 26
BY GUS HERRERA
Interim City Manager Steve Mermell said this year’s budget is “essentially a balanced budget … a largely status quo budget, with modest increases here and there.”
Renaming a Stretch of the 210 Freeway
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) recently introduced ACR 197 to name a stretch of Interstate 210 after Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer second baseman Jackie Robinson, who was raised in the City of Pasadena.
The measure, joint authored by Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), would create the "Jackie Robinson Memorial Highway,” on Interstate 210 between State Route 2 and SEE PAGE 14
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On Monday, June 27, the Pasadena City Council unanimously adopted city staff’s recommended FY2017 budget of $835.9 million. Discussions regarding the city’s budget have been ongoing since May 9, when the first of five special joint meetings between the city council and the finance committee took place. During each of these meetings, the operating budgets for city departments and the city’s affiliated agencies were discussed. Any questions proposed by council members were responded to by staff at the subsequent gatherings. Originally, council’s meeting for June 27 had been cancelled, as budget discussions were (rather optimistically) predicted to be completed before then. But when it became apparent during last week’s meeting (June 20) that more deliberation was necessary, the meeting was back on. As a result of these circumstances, Council Member Steve Madison was absent from the night’s events, due to a previously scheduled commitment. Council member Tyron Hampton was also absent, although he did join the meeting via teleconference, until his phone reportedly ran out of battery. SEE PAGE 15
Fourth of July 2016 Closures - Reminders for Pasadena Pasadena residents, businesses, and visitors are reminded that city hall, and most city business offices are closed on Monday, July 4, Independence Day, in observance of our great nation’s birthday. Normal schedules and office hours will resume SEE PAGE 14