COUNTY ORDERS MANAGERS TO REPORT ALL STIPENDS.Byline: TROY ANDERSON Staff Writer Concerned that some 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 managers supplement their salaries through stipends or money from outside agencies, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to order all these employees to immediately report the pay to the personnel director. The supervisors also decided that they must formally approve all existing and future stipends for the county's 90,000 employees. ``Some of our county managers received stipends from outside agencies to subsidize sub·si·dize tr.v. sub·si·dized, sub·si·diz·ing, sub·si·diz·es 1. To assist or support with a subsidy. 2. To secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy. their existing county salaries,'' Supervisor Gloria Molina Gloria Molina is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.[1] Molina grew up as one of ten children in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera, California, U.S. said. ``In some instances, these arrangements were made by county department heads. I believe that the current county salary levels are sufficient and appropriate for most county managers. ``I also believe that, except for those museum employees whose supplemental salaries are covered under (county codes), any means to subsidize the county compensation level for a manager by an outside agency should be revealed and understood prior to such benefit being enacted, and formerly approved by the Board of Supervisors.'' Molina raised the issue after learning that Dr. Jonathan E. Fielding, the new director of Public Health had been collecting a $100,000-a-year consulting stipend sti·pend n. A fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance. [Middle English stipendie, from Old French, from Latin st from King-Drew Medical School. He also had been receiving $12,000 to $15,000 annually for teaching at University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . Fielding had been paid $185,576 a year as the county's public health officer, which he has served as since 1998. On Tuesday, the supervisors voted 3-2 to approve an annual salary of $260,000 for Fielding in his new role as head of the Department of Public Health. He'll become the second-highest-paid county official behind only Bruce Chernof, who as the director of Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract earns about $295,000. Molina and Supervisor Don Knabe Donald R. Knabe (born October 15, 1943 in Illinois) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, serving the Fourth District, a crescent shaped district that covers the coastline from Marina Del Rey southward to Long Beach, and southeastern Los Angeles County to voted against Fielding's raise. The supervisors voted earlier this year to create the separate public health agency to focus on disease control and bioterrorism prevention. Employees who work for county museums and the Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. Association will be exempted from disclosure of their additional stipends. County Director of Personnel Michael Henry is expected to prepare a report listing the stipends employees receive. troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com (213) 974-8985 |
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