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Vol. 78 No. 11
Inside This Week
Council OKs Nestlé beverage factory BY SUMMER AGUIRRE Glendale Star Staff Writer
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Lincoln Property Co. begins Park303 Phase 2
SPORTS ............. 13 Camp teaches outdoor skills for female adults
Nestlé USA is looking to construct a beverage factory in Glendale following the city council’s unanimous approval during a March 8 meeting. The food and beverage company invested $675 million in a 143.6-net-acre lot, which will house a 630,000-square-foot facility dedicated to the production of creamers and other products. While addressing consumer demands and establishing a greater presence in the western United States, this Nestlé location will also generate local economic growth and introduce new jobs into the West Valley.
Glendale Star Staff Writer
Jacob Sajan named regional spelling bee champion OPINION............................8 BUSINESS.......................12 SPORTS ...........................13 CALENDAR .....................14 FEATURES.......................16 RELIGION ........................18 YOUTH.............................20 CLASSIFIEDS ..................22
“We are honored to welcome the largest food and beverage company to Glendale’s New Frontier,” Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers said in a statement. “Their commitment to long-term positive impact aligns directly with the city’s vision, and we look forward to having them join our community. The significant impact of their fiscal investment and the jobs created will be seen for years to come.” The land, located on a portion of the Woolf Logistics Center site near Reems Road, was approved for foreign trade zone (FTZ) status. This is an area where both domestic and foreign merchandise receive the same treatment as they would outside
of the United States. Economic Development Officer Randy Huggins said during the meeting the FTZ “encourages local economic stimulation and increases the local tax base, as compared to vacant agricultural lands.” In addition, the Nestlé factory construction will create over 350 jobs locally. These positions consist of professional staff, manufacturing and production leaders, technical staff and engineers. Hiring will begin over this upcoming summer and continue throughout 2023. “Beverages play an increasingly important role in the lives of consumers, a trend that’s been accelerated by the pan-
guarantee that the revenue would be sustained over time,” Migliorino said. “When the classroom site fund had a projection adjustment, we did the calculation for how much that would be per teacher.” The money was divided by the number of teachers, and a one-time payment was made to continuing teachers in December 2021. However, there were less teachers paid than anticipated, as many left or retired. This difference resulted in leftover money, which the board approved to pay the new teachers. “We had so much attrition, just with the pandemic and people that were eligible to retire, that it caused there to be some unallocated funds,” Migliorino explained. “So,
we ended up with more money in this onetime projection adjustment fund and the teacher’s association said, ‘Hey, we want to make sure the teachers who are new to the profession can receive this payment,’ because they were not included in the original plan.” The DVUSD Governing Board unanimously approved the decision at a Feb. 22 meeting. Teachers who were hired after April 30, 2021, received the one-time payment of $1,810 on March 3. Migliorino said the HR department received a couple thank-you emails for teachers who received the payment. Migliorino clarified that the funds were
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New DV teachers given bonus payment BY ALLISON BROWN
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March 17, 2022
More than 200 new teachers in the Deer Valley Unified School District received a one-time extra payment of $1,810 from a surplus in the Classroom Site Fund on March 3. Jim Migliorino, deputy superintendent of fiscal and business services, said the Classroom Site Fund is generated from sales tax revenue. In 2021, the joint legislative budget committee realized it needed to make a projection adjustment, which ended up adding extra money to the fund. “It was only going to be one-time funding, so we didn’t want to attach that to our teachers’ salaries, because there was no
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