BRIEFLY COUNCIL RAISES UP TO BURBANK VOTERS.BURBANK - Voters will have a chance to evaluate the job performance of their elected officials via a measure on the April 10 municipal ballot that will seek a $44-a month raise for City Council members in 2001. If approved by Burbank voters, the measure also would give the five- member panel a cost-of-living adjustment cost-of-living adjustment n. Abbr. COLA An adjustment made in wages that corresponds with a change in the cost of living. of up to 5 percent for 2002. Although City Council members have the authority to raise their own salaries by up to 5 percent each year, the council has not given itself an increase since 1997. Council members are paid $881 a month, plus $25 each time they meet as the Redevelopment Agency. If the measure passes, the 2001 raise would be 5 percent, or $11 a meeting, effective May 1. In 2002, the council would receive an automatic increase of up to $46 a month, or $552 a year, per member. The amount of the raise would depend on the Consumer Price Index that year. - Daily News Roberts elected to full 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. term Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
The Antelope Valley . Roberts, who was elected in March 1999 to fill the remaining term of former Glendale City Councilman Larry Zarian Larry Zarian (b.1937) was the first Armenian-American to serve on the city council in the City of Glendale, California. He also served as Glendale Mayor. He currently serves on the California Transportation Commission. , was re-elected unanimously during a Dec. 14 meeting of the 12 north county cities' representatives. On the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, Roberts will represent Lancaster, Palmdale, Santa Clarita, Glendale, Burbank, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, La Canada Flintridge, Malibu, San Fernando and Westlake Village. ``My MTA effort has to be spread out among the 12 cities and it has to be even-handed,'' Roberts said. ``I have to make sure that little cities, even little Malibu and La Canada Flintridge, get a whack at (MTA funding) like the bigger cities.'' - Daily News Diesel fuel spill impedes traffic GLENDALE - Part of the Ventura (134) Freeway was closed during Thursday morning rush hour while Caltrans crews cleaned up 50 gallons of diesel fuel from the roadway. The spill occurred at 6:42 a.m., closing the eastbound lanes just west of Harvey Drive and the Glendale Freeway until 10 a.m., said Pat Reid, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation. - Daily News |
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