BRIEFLY : NEW PARK RANGERS WHO LEAVE MAY PAY.Concerned that park ranger A park ranger is a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands, forests (then called a forest ranger), wilderness areas, as well as other natural resources and protected cultural resources. recruits are taking advantage of Los Angeles' $16,200 police training program before taking jobs in other cities, two City Council members called Wednesday for future recruits to reimburse the city if they leave within five years. Council members Mike Feuer and Laura Chick submitted the motion Wednesday, noting that three of the last 14 rangers who went through academy training chose to work elsewhere. Feuer said it is ``disturbing'' that people are taking advantage of the city's training program to benefit other cities. The ordinance he proposed is similar to one adopted more than a year ago for LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. recruits. ?13Daily News City division head gets 15% pay hike The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. voted Wednesday to give a 15 percent
pay raise to Community Development Department Director Parker Anderson,
despite concerns that the action bypassed the merit-pay system.
Anderson's salary will go from $108,000 to $125,000, which is less than the raise to $130,000 that was originally proposed by a committee of council members and the mayor. City Administrative Officer Keith Comrie said Anderson faced a special circumstance because he had gone without a merit raise for seven years, so that his closest subordinate was actually making $21 more a year. Councilwoman Rita Walters Rita Walters (1930-) is currently the commissioner of the Los Angeles Public Library. Prior to this position, she served on the Los Angeles City Council representing the 9th district. During that time, she chaired the Arts, Health & Humanities Committee. called the original proposed raise ``excessive'' and objected that Anderson was being given the raise without having to go through a performance evaluation Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return as part of the merit-pay system. ?13Daily News Fines levied in MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. employee's death State worker safety inspectors handed down $70,500 in fines Tuesday against a Sylmar company for violations connected to the Feb. 15 death of an MTA Metro Red Line construction worker, the first in the subway project's history. Inspectors found that Tutor-Saliba Corp. of Sylmar violated 14 safety rules, including seven ``serious'' violations directly related to Jaime Pasillas' death in a Hollywood subway tunnel, said Mark Carleson, deputy chief of field operations of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal-OSHA. Pasillas died instantly when a chain holding aloft a trash bin loaded with 4,600 pounds of tunnel debris gave way just as he was moving past the bin to free a snagged snag n. 1. A rough, sharp, or jagged protuberance, as: a. A tree or a part of a tree that protrudes above the surface in a body of water. Also called sawyer. See Regional Note at preacher. b. A snaggletooth. electrical cord. ?13Daily News Alarcon sets forum for charter ideas Councilman Richard Alarcon has called a public hearing for today at which residents of his northeast San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. district can submit ideas for a new city charter. Alarcon and a newly formed Northeast Valley Charter Reform Advisory Committee will make sure the public input reaches two charter reform commissions created to overhaul the 72-year-old charter, representatives said. Those planning to hear testimony today include Marcos Castaneda, an Alarcon aide elected to one of the charter reform commissions, and Jose De Sosa, Alarcon's appointment to the second commission. The public hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the United Auto Workers The United Auto Workers (UAW), headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, officially the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union Hall, 7915 Van Nuys Blvd., Panorama City. |
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