CITY UNVEILS BUDGET PLAN GENERAL FUND WILL SPEND 14% MORE.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - A proposed $158.5 million city budget would add a pair of motorcycle deputies to enforce traffic laws, increase animal control service inside city limits, and boost the municipal work force by 11 employees. Overall, the 2005-06 budget proposed by city administrators calls for $70.8 million less spending than in this year's budget, which contains money for building two major regional parks and other construction projects. The general fund, which funds day-to-day operations, is proposed to increase 14.3 percent over the current budget to $65.2 million. ``The phenomenal growth that the city is experiencing in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors is like an 'E-ticket' ride at Disneyland; however, this roller coaster What a bad CD-R disc is often called. See CD-R and underrun. keeps going up, not down,'' City Manager Bob Toone said in his budget message that accompanied the draft budget. ``The attendant revenues of this increased development have allowed us to continue to provide top-quality services to our residents.'' A budget workshop for council members to review the spending plan will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in council chambers, 38300 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . The city plans to add 11 new full-time positions to the payroll: a building plan checker check·er n. 1. a. One, such as an inspector or examiner, that checks. b. One that receives items for temporary safekeeping or for shipment: a baggage checker. 2. ; an imaging specialist; an administrative secretary in the City Manager's Office; a lead 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. ; a parking enforcement officer A parking enforcement officer or parking attendant is a member of a traffic control department or agency who issues tickets for parking violations. Where parking meters are used, they may be known as a meter attendant ; an administrative secretary in public safety; and five public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. maintenance workers. ``We need these people because of the growth we've been having,'' said Assistant City Manager Steve Williams Steve Williams may refer to:
If approved, the new positions would bring city staffing to 310 full-time positions. The city's law enforcement contract with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. , whose officers police the city, is budgeted to increase by $1.3 million. The increase will add two motorcycle deputies, each working 40 hours a week, but mainly reflects higher costs for salaries, overhead, equipment, maintenance and vehicles. The city is also planning to spend $143,000 to contract with Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Animal Care and Control to have an animal control officer and a truck dedicated to serving Palmdale. The city also is budgeting $1.2 million to continue property acquisition and design work for the Courson Connection, which would create apartments and parks for a senior citizen community near the Civic Center. The city is working with a nonprofit housing organization to build 300 senior housing units and a new senior center by 2008. The budget calls for spending $5 million to continue a major street resurfacing project. The city plans to repave 28 miles of roadway. The city has also budgeted $4 million for traffic signal and street improvements, including the installation of 14 new traffic signals over the next 15 months. Intersections slated for signals include Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista Boulevard at 10th and 30th streets east, and Avenue R at Division Street and 5th, 35th, and 40th streets east. City officials plan to continue improvements on the two major regional parks - the Palmdale Oasis Park and the expanded Marie Kerr Park. A recreation center for Marie Kerr Park that could not be included in the work now in progress will be in the upcoming budget, Mayor Jim Ledford said. Following the completion of the recreation center, the city will move forward with enclosures for the two pools, Ledford said. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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