BRIEFLY : COUNCIL SET TO VOTE ON JURY PROBE FUNDS.THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - The City Council will vote tonight on appropriating $26,000 to cover the cost of photocopying photocopying, process whereby written or printed matter is directly copied by photographic techniques. Generally, photocopying is practical when just a few copies of an original are needed. When many copies are required, printing processes are more economical. hundreds of documents for the federal grand jury investigation into a sewer line Noun 1. sewer line - a main in a sewage system sewer main main - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage spill in February. The city was subpoenaed by the United States District Court United States District Court In the U.S., any of the 94 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the federal judicial system. Each state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has at least one federal district court. on Feb. 19, requiring officials to produce all documents relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the discharge or spilling of wastewater from the Hill Canyon Treatment Plant or the wastewater collection system from 1985 to the present. The funds will cover the cost of a law clerk's services, the city print shop and a commercial copying facility needed to produce the documents. - Daily News Schools to launch computer benefit The Las Virgenes Unified School District Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) is a K-12 school district in north-west Los Angeles County, USA consisting of 14 public schools in the cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Westlake Village, and several small portions of the West Hills section of Los Angeles. Technology Foundation Board has begun a fund-raiser to buy new computers for schools. The ongoing campaign, called Technology Improving Performance in Schools, will first target the schools with the greatest need. For more information on the fund-raiser, contact TIPS Chairwoman Fredda Hamilton at (818) 222-4175. - Daily News City seeking firm to audit programs THOUSAND OAKS - The City Council has until the end of May to approve the selection of an audit firm to complete financial audits of various programs this year. For the past five years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time city has employed the services of Diehl, Evans & Company L.L.P. The firm was selected in 1992 following a competitive selection process for a five-year contract that expired last year. State and federal laws require cities to conduct timely financial audits of various public programs they administer. To complete audits for the 1997-98 fiscal year, the council must approve a new audit firm in the coming four weeks. The Finance Department has received four applicants - Diehl, Evans & Company L.L.P; KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen Peat Marwick L.L.P; Thomas Bigbie & Smith; and Moss, Levy & Hartzheim. Today the council will consider whether to appoint two members to a special committee to interview the four firms and bring back a recommendation or to allow the Finance Department staff to conduct the interviews and make the recommendation. The city conducts annual audits of the redevelopment agency and other departments and programs, presented in December. - Daily News T.O. may ask public for curtain opinions THOUSAND OAKS - Residents will be asked to dial in their opinions about enhancements to the much-maligned copper curtain if the City Council agrees tonight to use a public outreach tele-registration program to gauge public preferences. Last month, the council approved the recommendation by an ad hoc committee ad hoc committee A committee formed with the purpose of addressing a specific issue or issues, which theoretically is disbanded once its raison d'etre is finished to approve a $150,000 plan to lay the silhouette silhouette (sĭl'  ĕt`), outline image, especially a profile drawing solidly filled in or a cutout pasted against a lighter background. of an oak
tree over the current controversial copper curtain hanging on the east
side of the Civic Arts Plaza. The ad hoc committee reviewed 15 designs
for the oak tree silhouette and recommended three options.
The council today will vote to activate the Community Action Partnership System for the second time to allow residents to voice their preferences on the three options. The system was first used last month when the City Council activated CAPS to gauge public opinion on the 11-acre parcel east of the Civic Arts Plaza. About 700 residents registered their preferences of the six design options recommended for development of that site. - Daily News |
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