BURBANK TO AUDIT AIRPORT LEGAL FEES.Byline: Danielle Danielle is the female variant of the male name Daniel. For its meanings, etymology, pronunciation, and translations, see Wiktionary. Danielle is the given name of:
or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. Staff Writer BURBANK Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. - Having spent about $10 million since 1995 in litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. against the Burbank Airport, the City Council plans to conduct an audit of its legal fees regarding the issue. ``The council's never had a question on any particular legal bill. It's just that there's a lot of money and they felt that should be looked at,'' City Attorney Dennis Barlow bar·low n. An inexpensive, one- or two-bladed pocketknife. [After Barlow, the family name of its makers, two brothers in Sheffield, England.] said Monday. ``They've got fiduciary fiduciary (fĭd  `shēĕ'rē), in law, a person who is obliged to discharge faithfully a responsibility of trust toward another. responsibilities with the
city's money.''
City Manager Robert ``Bud'' Ovrom called the plan a ``good business practice.'' ``We're spending a lot of money on legal fees. We have no reason to believe there are any problems. It's just a matter of checks and balances,'' he said. The council has so far appropriated a $14.25 million budget for legal fees in airport litigation. As litigation continues, Barlow said the council appropriates about $1 million to $2 million annually to that budget. At one point in the late 1990s, there were 12 open cases between the airport and the city, Barlow said. Airport spokesman Victor Gill gill, in weights and measures gill, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement. said the Airport Authority has spent about $7 million in its own legal fees since fiscal 1995. ``We have multiple matters, some of which are Burbank-related, some of which are not,'' he said. At the heart of the litigation between the city and the airport are noise and growth issues. Officials said the current state of litigation came about because of a change in the City Council's makeup makeup In the performing arts, material used by actors for cosmetic purposes and to help create the characters they play. Not needed in Greek and Roman theatre because of the use of masks, makeup was used in the religious plays of medieval Europe, in which the angels' faces in 1995. ``The council took a stronger position with regard to the airport than previous councils and initiated a new generation of lawsuits,'' Ovrom said. Gill said the change in the Burbank political climate also changed the way the two sides worked with each other. ``The city has looked for some point of leverage not related to that (noise) issue,'' Gill said, adding that Burbank found its leverage in the airport's desire to build a new terminal. ``It's a classic political you-give-me-this, I'll-give-you-that policy,'' he said. While council members have voiced varied opinions on how the audit should be conducted, Barlow said a line-by-line check of every bill is unnecessary. A better start would be an audit of a representative sample of the bills, he said. The city has received proposals from three companies interested in conducting the audit. |
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