COUNCIL COMMITTEE OKS HAHN'S 2005-06 BUDGET.Byline: Daily News With only minor changes, a city panel on Tuesday recommended adoption of Mayor James Hahn's proposed $5.96 billion budget for 2005-06 for the coming year, with its emphasis on adding police officers as part of an election-year spending plan. The City Council's five-member Budget and Finance Committee unanimously urged adoption of the plan when it goes to the full council next week, in one of the least acrimonious budget sessions in recent years. Aided by a recovering economy, the plan calls for the hiring of 720 police officers this coming year - the most that can be hired and trained in one year - as well as a series of various 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. projects, including street and sidewalk A Microsoft service that was launched in 1997 to provide online arts and entertainment guides on the Web for major cities worldwide. In 1999, Microsoft sold Sidewalk to Ticketmaster, which continued to provide guides, ticketing and other information to the MSN network. repairs and funding for neighborhood councils Neighborhood councils are governmental or non-governmental bodies composed of local people who handle neighborhood problems. They can be found in many cities throughout the world. . The budget plan is expected to be formally presented to the council on Friday, with deliberations to begin next week. The main changes made by the committee are in the support mode of various programs, such as assigning as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. $1.4 million for sidewalk repairs, $264,000 to help in police recruitment and $741,000 for an anti-gang program. It also sets aside $500,000 for the new joint commission on education with the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . |
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