2ND DEPARTMENT HEAD QUITS SINCE RAISE DELAY.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer Three months after the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. shelved raises for
department directors, Street Maintenance Bureau Chief Patrick Howard,
one of the directors up for a near 10 percent raise, has announced his
retirement.
Howard, a 30-year city employee, was one of 10 general managers that Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. proposed in October to get pay raises averaging more than 10 percent, arguing that the city might lose some managers because its salaries were not competitive with private business and other governmental agencies. The council indefinitely in·def·i·nite adj. Not definite, especially: a. Unclear; vague. b. Lacking precise limits: an indefinite leave of absence. c. postponed action on the raises in November, with Councilman Richard Alarcon arguing at the time that some of the managers were likely to retire anyway, so that the raises would simply boost their pension benefits. ``I have no regrets,'' Alarcon said Monday. Howard, 56, said he decided to retire before the council vote. ``It's just time for me to go,'' Howard said. ``I've been director for more than 10 years. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to move on.'' Department of Water and Power General Manager Bill McCarley also has filed retirement papers since the council voted to delay his raise. Riordan was proposing to boost Howard's salary 9.8 percent from $113,462 to $124,800, citing an equity issue. Howard's salary was 4 percent higher than the pay of his nearest subordinate. City personnel officials say the ideal difference is 10 percent. Howard, whose last day is this week, said he was upset that the council delayed action Noun 1. delayed action - a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture . ``There was disappointment in that regard,'' Howard said. ``There was a long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. equity issue that had to be dealt with that goes back for years.'' |
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