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37 locals appointed to Boards/Commissions MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
City Council appointed 37 individuals to the city’s various boards and commissions at their June 27 meeting. The annual process fills vacancies caused by the regular rotation of individuals who serve terms of limited length. Appointees are generally limited to two, four-year terms but a third term is possible if approved by two-thirds of the council. Incumbents who should term out or who did not reapply can remain in their seats temporarily if no-one applied to replace them. The appointment of two incumbents, (Patrick Tighe of the Architectural Review Board and Bud Pell of the Personnel Board) was postponed to September to
allow the individuals to fulfill mandatory ethics training. If the two do not complete the required training, they will be ineligible for reappointment. The five-member Airport Commission acts in an advisory capacity to the Council in everything airport or aviation related. The Commission meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in City Hall. Council appointed Andrew Wilder for a term ending June 30, 2021. The seven-member Architectural Review Board “acts to preserve existing areas of natural beauty, cultural importance and assure that buildings, structures, signs or other developments are in good taste, good design, harmonious with surSEE BOARDS PAGE 6
City Council approves $774.9 million budget KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer
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HAPPY 4TH Santa Monica has been displaying its patriotic spirit this week and the city will celebrate Independence Day with its annual parade. The event begins at the corner of Pico and Main St. at 9:30 a.m.
On June 27, the City Council unanimously approved a $774.9 million budget for fiscal year 2017/18 and $802.8 million for the next. Months of Council input increased the budget by $1.2 million and funneled money toward specific priorities including parks, homeless services and pedestrian safety. “With this budget we’re allocating our limited resources as efficiently and effectively as possible to avoid steep structural deficits in the future. We’ve taken steps to control operating cost increases,” said the City’s Director of Finance Gigi Decavalles-Hughes.
Pensions and worker’s compensation present the most significant pressures on the budget in coming years. To combat those rising costs, the budget will balance the need for new positions by eliminating others, resulting in a net increase of zero full time staff members in the next fiscal year. DecavallesHughes predicts the City’s payroll will actually decrease in the number of employees after that. “Staff and Council crafted a budget that covers resident and other needs while constraining costs, including a net halt on adding employees,” Councilmember Kevin McKeown told the Daily Press. SEE BUDGET PAGE 7
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