GLENDALE TO ADD 81 FULL-TIME POSTS TO CITY PAYROLL.Byline: Helen Helen, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful of women; daughter of Leda and Zeus, and sister of Castor and Pollux and Clytemnestra. While still a young girl Helen was abducted to Attica by Theseus and Polydeuces, but Castor and Pollux rescued her. Gao Staff Writer GLENDALE Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. - Glendale city officials are set to add 81 positions to the city's roster at a cost of about $3.5 million in the fiscal 2002 budget awaiting City Council approval Tuesday Tuesday: see week. . These positions range from a risk manager and deputy city attorney to a building repairman re·pair·man n. A man whose occupation is making repairs. Noun 1. repairman - a skilled worker whose job is to repair things maintenance man, service man and plumber (programming, tool) Plumber - A system for obtaining information about memory leaks in Ada and C programs. http://home.earthlink.net/~owenomalley/plumber.html. but do not include police officers or firefighters. Bob Franz, director of finance, said 22 of the new positions are a result of the city converting part-time jobs into full-time jobs. Many of the other positions, he said, are needed to staff a new rental housing inspection program, the new police headquarters as well as the Edison-Pacific school and community center complex - all slated to begin operations in the coming months. The city has budgeted 12 positions for the housing inspection program, eight for Edison-Pacific and 12 for police headquarters. Under the housing inspection program, the city's 42,000-plus apartment units will be checked for code violations every three years. The $43.3 million Edison-Pacific project in southern Glendale features an elementary school elementary school: see school. , a park with baseball and soccer fields and a community center with a gym, library, police field office and satellite job center. Occupying a block near City Hall, the $50 million police headquarters is a four-story building with a 340-vehicle parking structure and 96-bed jail. Although 81 positions may sound like a lot, Councilman Dave Weaver
The Weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical said they are needed. ``You make any kind of a capital improvement, there is inherent maintenance and operations that come with it. Often that is not recognized,'' he said. Glendale's proposed 2002 budget is $580.5 million, 0.9 percent greater than last year's. The general fund portion is $110.6 million, representing a 6.1 percent increase from fiscal 2001. To close a $7 million to $8 million funding gap, city officials have proposed transferring $4.5 million from the capital improvement fund and the electric fund. The remainder of the shortfall Shortfall The amount by which the capital required to fulfill a financial obligation exceeds available capital. Notes: Shortfall risk is often combated with an efficient hedging strategy created by a fund, group, institution, or individual. is expected to be covered by charges for services, cuts in city officials' travel budgets and other savings. No cuts in services are proposed. IF YOU GO -- The City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 613 E. Broadway. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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